“Thoth’s gift: Reading ancient Egypt” is the exhibition that the Museo Egizio dedicates to the writings and languages of the Egyptian civilization. How does hieroglyphic writing work? What can be read on the statues and papyri? What does a scribe’s kit include? These are some of the questions that the Egyptologist answers during the guided tour in the galleries of the temporary exhibition, the title of which evokes the god Thoth as the creator of the art of writing and the patron of knowledge and scribes.
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