Port Said Governor, Adel al-Ghadban, announced the discovery of a statue of an Egyptian female farmer, known in Arabic as “al-Fallaha al-Masreyya”, by Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar during the renovation of the Saad Zaghloul Park in al-Arab neighborhood, one of the oldest gardens in the Port Said.
Statue by Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar discovered in Port Said
By-egyptindependent
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00:08
Thursday ,31 August 2017
The statue was discovered by professor Essam Darwish, from the Faculty of Art Education in Zamalek, while he was inspecting Saad Zaghloul Park as part of a renovation project, said the governor.
The governor added that the rare statue had experienced some damage. According to Darwish the artifact was made of bronze and was cast in Italy.
A committee of sculpture professors was assigned to renovate the statue, which will be displayed at Port Said National Museum after restoration, according to Ghadban.