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A woman in a workshop paints a replica of the Nefertiti bust. Other similar statues, some partially finished, are on the table beside her.
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Open The First Factory To Reproduce The Antiquities

Al Wadi Al Gadid Desert, EG·4 May 2021

Worker a the Kunooz Factory, Cairo, Egypt, the region's first antique replica factory. Products will be exported outside Egypt in addition to their participation in foreign tourism fairs.This factory was completed at the end of 2020, and then began its trial operation, during which it produced 6,400 pieces of wood, ceramics, stone, metal, and a collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures.Every antique clone produced at the factory bears a special stamp of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and an approved certificate stating that it is a counterfeit piece and a true copy and that it is produced by the Ministry, in addition to the presence of a barcode through which all the information about this piece can be identified in Arabic and English, such as the material made from it. The weight, name and place of display of the original piece, which contributes to protecting the unit's products from counterfeiting.

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A woman in a workshop paints a replica of the Nefertiti bust. Other similar statues, some partially finished, are on the table beside her.

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