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Red Sea Film Festival Continues Activities to Foster Communication among Industry Professionals, Audience

The festival's activities have been focused on enhancing interaction and communication between industry professionals and the audience - File Photo
The festival's activities have been focused on enhancing interaction and communication between industry professionals and the audience - File Photo
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Red Sea Film Festival Continues Activities to Foster Communication among Industry Professionals, Audience

The festival's activities have been focused on enhancing interaction and communication between industry professionals and the audience - File Photo
The festival's activities have been focused on enhancing interaction and communication between industry professionals and the audience - File Photo

The third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival continued its activities Monday for the fifth day, featuring a diverse range of screenings and events, including seminars, panel discussions, and workshops.
The festival's activities have been focused on enhancing interaction and communication between industry professionals and the audience, according to SPA.
Monday's opening screenings included two premieres from the Middle East and North Africa region: "Hajjan," a thrilling family adventure film, and "Four Daughters," the winner of the top documentary prize at Cannes 2023.
The festival is showcasing 130 films from 77 countries performed in 47 languages, including 35 world premieres and 60 premieres in the Middle East and Africa.

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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Given New Life in Britain

Staff at Swansea University welcome back the artifact. Photo: Swansea University
Staff at Swansea University welcome back the artifact. Photo: Swansea University
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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Given New Life in Britain

Staff at Swansea University welcome back the artifact. Photo: Swansea University
Staff at Swansea University welcome back the artifact. Photo: Swansea University

An ancient Egyptian coffin was given a new life after it has been returned to Swansea University's Egypt Center in Wales.

The artifact, believed to date from about 650 BC, is now back at the university after thousands of hours of conservation work at Cardiff University, where it was painstakingly cleaned, reconstructed and consolidated to prevent it from deteriorating further, according to BBC.

The coffin, originally made for a man called Ankhpakhered in the Greek city of Thebes, was transported back under the watchful eye of the center’s curator Dr. Ken Griffin.

Staff described the finished project as “beyond our wildest dreams.”

“The coffin was gifted to us by Aberystwyth University in 1997 but details about its history are sketchy,” Griffin said.

He added: “It actually ended up being used as a storage box at one time, with other Egyptian objects placed in it for safekeeping.”

The university’s Phil Parkes explained that the wooden coffin was covered in textile and then had a thin layer of decorated plaster over the top.

He said: “Much of that textile had become detached over time and was just hanging loose.”

Parkes added that the separate wooden head was detached and there were a couple of large pieces of wood missing, the side of the base had fallen off and it was in a very sorry condition overall.