The ancient Egyptian civilization is still able to dazzle the world, especially those who come from every country to visit the monuments, including temples and statues that testify to a great civilization that existed on this land thousands of years ago, which they are keen to see and take memorial photos next to, and many of them are also keen to study them and even prepare research studies to understand it further.

Pieces of bread found in the workers’ graves

Among the Egyptian museums that include many valuable artifacts is the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, which is located in Cairo Governorate, specifically in the city of Fustat. In the village of Deir el-Medina, which represents types of bread that were present in ancient Egypt, and there are pieces of it of different sizes displayed inside the museum.

Banner at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

BC-old pieces of bread

The pieces of bread that were found in the tombs of workers belong to the modern state, specifically the nineteenth dynasty, “1259-1186” BC, in Deir el-Medina, Luxor Governorate, as indicated by the sign next to the bread in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

Another picture of cutting bread

Steps to making bread

And the lens of “The Seventh Day”, during its tour inside the museum, monitored a group of Pharaonic statues of workers during their preparation of bread during this period, starting with preparing flour, grinding it and turning it into pieces of bread such as those displayed next to the statues, where there is a statue of one of the workers working to prepare bread by grinding flour on a board. To prepare it for baking afterwards, these statues and pieces of bread attracted the attention of tourists who were keen to take memorial photos next to them and others of the stages of preparing bread and the old pieces of bread on display.

Exact preparation

Stages of baking bread