CaixaForum was invaded by Egypt and the mummies so you can spend a fun and terrifying evening next Friday, March 3, 2023.
It will be a wonderful evening with a variety of novel and surprising activities where you can even sit down to eat at a table as they did in ancient Egypt.
You can also travel to Luxor and Cairo with illustrator Paula Bonet or experience the best show in the middle of a party among mummies.
You can participate in all or some of the activities, if you wish. You can also visit for free the exhibition “Mummies of Egypt. Rediscovering six lives”.
Mummy Night: Egypt and the mummies
It will be a thematic night immersed in the world of ancient Egypt and mummies in the heart of CaixaForum.
It is a really interesting event that will allow you to discover what the pharaonic mummification process was like, among other activities such as showcooking.
You will also be able to unveil the secret messages of the mummy bandages.
A unique tapas tasting with aromas and flavors of ancient Egypt, at the CaixaForum Café-Restaurant.
The programming of the cycle
Shows and concerts
By “AIGYPTIAKA” or “UNWRAPPING MUMMY PARTY” of a winter night.
The show will be in charge of the band Karnak Pigglety Pop Ensemble who took up the text that several authors have compiled about the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Workshops
Pharaonic mummification workshop-demonstration
In the workshop you will learn how a pharaonic mummification is made. It will be an experience where even some visitors will be able to participate in the whole process. It will be set in a per-nefer, the place where embalmers perform their work.
Egyptian Night, with Paula Bonet
It will be a magnificent performance talk accompanied by a subsequent live painting demonstration by artist and writer Paula Bonet. She will share her own experience from her travels to Egypt in the company of twenty other women and a travelogue.
Egyptian gastronomy: Egypt and mummies
Eating with the last pharaohs.
So you can immerse yourself in the culinary and sensory world of ancient Egypt thanks to KuanUm, experts and specialists in archaeoastronomy.
Tapas on the Nile
The perfect place to savor the taste of ancient Egypt. Enjoy the best aromas that will transport you to the banks of the Nile. To begin this experience, you can start by tasting a selection of tapas at the CaixaForum Café-Restaurant.
“Pharaonic “Showcooking
Activity in charge of KuanUm, experts in archaeogastronomy, where they will seek to recover and disseminate the entire culinary and sensory world of ancient Egypt to the attendees. The experience culminates with a collective tasting.
Unrolls a mummy
You can discover many curiosities about the Egyptian civilization and how to unwrap mummies in the show “Aigypitiaka or Unwrapping Mummy Party of a winter night”.
