The Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum
It will be one of the most unique museums and it will include a large collection of artifacts dedicated to a single civilization. The museum includes the tomb of Tutankhamun and ten thousand unique archeological pieces, It is designed to be the center of education and culture to explore Egyptian history and civilization. The tour of exploring the Grand Egyptian Museum has become one of the Top Egypt Tours for the whole family and fans of the Egyptian civilization.
The design of the Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Museum is designed to be close to the Giza plateau and to be directly connected to the Giza pyramids: pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, and the Valley temple. The design of the Museum is made on 90,000 square meters, leading it to be the world’s largest museum. The museum was built to encompass more than 100,000 pieces of pharaonic artifacts; It also includes parts designed to be exhibitions, conference centers, a Museum for Children, and gardens to let the whole family spend an enjoyable time during one of Egypt Easter Tours to refresh your soul.
In 2002 Egypt announced an international design competition and sought for the laid of the foundation stone. After that in 2003, the firm Heneghan Peng Architects won the competition and signed a contract with Egypt for the designation of the museum and the finishing of the details of the design ended and started to offer the first private tours in 2022. The façade of the museum takes a triangle shape, then you will pass through an entrance decorated with alabaster and hieroglyphs, and finally, you will meet the Grand statue of King Ramses II greetings you. It’s a must-tour to be taken when you have the opportunity to explore the museum during one Cairo Half-day tour with your family and partners.
The exhibitions and Artifacts of the Grand Egyptian Museum
The transferring process was by Ministry for Tourism and Antiques started to transfer some of the archeological pieces from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the Grand Egyptian Museum in late 2010. The most special transferred pieces were Tutankhamun’s funerary Mask, the mummy, the inner gold sarcophagus, and his jewels. Other moved artifacts were the block statue of Queen Hetepheres, the Queen Nefertarti granite sculpture, the King Snusret I statue, and The solar boat of King Khufu.
The recent activities and Exhibition in the Grand Egyptian Museum
The Museum offers an exponential immersive show focusing on the Egyptian civilization in very interesting show. The show is using the digital art to narrate the life of the legendary King Tutankhamun, displaying the temples, and treasures and revealing the secrets of the Egyptian civilization enhanced with sound making it an exceptional experience. The show received many rewards and was widely spreading among visitors from Egypt and all over the world. The museum is now offering new experiences through the tours included in Egypt Classic packages for children to learn more about the history and the iconic temples in Egypt within a guided tour after passing by the Gift shop of the Museum.
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