The restored statue - ETCAIRO - 7 January 2020: Malawi Museum announced the result of the voting on the artifact of the month. Four artifacts were competing on the museum's official pages on social media.The museum's management announced that the winning piece is a double limestone statue dating back to the Old Kingdom's Sixth Dynasty. The artifact will be displayed in Malawi Museum until the end of January.The statue was discovered in Mir region and is 87 cm in height. It was restored after the unfortunate events that hit the museum in 2013 at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood.Malawi Museum was established on June 23, 1962 in Minya during the era of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Malawi Museum was reopened on September 22, 2017.

Source: Egypt Today January 07, 2020 14:15 UTC