Incredible preservation of wood

By Jacqueline Engel

Thanks to Egypt’s dry climate wooden artifacts were well preserved through time as this statue is more then 4500 years old!
This statue would have been meant for the funerary cult of the deceased, unfortuntately anonymous.
Despite its modern rarity, it would have been an affordable version at the time due to it being made of wood.

The statue in the striding walk position.
With his left foot forward it is one of the most typical positions found in Egyptian statuary, from the early times such as this Old Kingdom example up to at least the Greco-Roman period.
The man is wearing a kilt and a dark wig. He is depicted young and healthy to remain as such for eternity.

Hurgada Museum