2026 "Walking with You into the Forbidden City" Guided Tour
Date: May 9, 2026 (Saturday)
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The guided tour "Walking with You into the Forbidden City," organized by the I Love Hong Kong Association (the Association), was held on May 9 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The highlight of the event was the "Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition – Treasures from the Egyptian Museum," which was held for a limited time at the museum.
Through professional guides, the activity provides easy-to-understand explanations, allowing tour participants and children to understand the relationship between artifacts and Egyptian mythology and history, and to explore the politics, culture, art, life, and religious beliefs of its prosperous period.
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The exhibition brings together 250 ancient Egyptian treasures from seven important Egyptian museums and the Saqqara archaeological site, including statues, stelae, gold artifacts, mummy coffins, and animal mummies. It is divided into four sections: "The Kingdom of the Pharaohs," "The World of Tutankhamun," "The Secrets of Saqqara," and "Ancient Egypt and the World," presenting nearly 5,000 years of the development of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Ancient Egyptian civilization originated in the Nile River Valley of northeastern Africa more than 7,000 years ago. From the early formation of the unified state of ancient Egypt (c. 3000 BC) to the Old Kingdom period (c. 2686–2160 BC), the pharaohs and the belief in various gods gradually took shape. Culture and art developed during the Middle Kingdom period (c. 2034–1650 BC) and underwent integration and evolution during the New Kingdom period (c. 1550–1069 BC), gradually reaching its peak. From the 12th century BC to the Greek and Roman periods (332 BC–395 AD), ancient Egypt continued to have deeper interactions with Mediterranean and other civilizations.
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