Grand Egyptian Museum: Egypt’s gift to the whole world

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Angy Essam

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Sat, 12 Jun 2021 - 01:31 GMT

BY

Angy Essam

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 - 01:31 GMT

File: Grand Egyptian Museum.

File: Grand Egyptian Museum.

 

CAIRO - 12 June 2021: Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Dr. Khaled El-Anany, went on a tour to the Grand Egyptian Museum to inspect preparations as GEM prepares for opening.
 
 
The project has reached 98% complete, with artefacts completely installed in the Great Hall and Grand Staircase.
 
Installation of the approximately 5,300 artefacts in the Tutankhamun Galleries should be complete in September.
 
The Main Galleries which will hold over 12, 000 objects, is also being finalized and completed.
 
 
Major General Atef Moftah, General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project and the Surrounding Area, also revealed the details regarding the new museum being constructed besides the GEM main building to house King Khufu's boats.
 
Transfer of the boats from Giza to the GEM has been a long and well-planned process .
 
 
The amazing work of GEM Curatorial and Conservation Departments was praised, as General Atef stressed the importance of the highly qualified teams in preserving and displaying Egypt’s heritage.
 
The Minister pointed out that "what he saw of the design and level of museum display in King Tutankhamun Galleries will match the halls of major international museums, and will make it one of the most beautiful exhibition halls in the world."
 
GEM is truly a magnificent, world class Museum.
 
The third shrine of the Golden King, Tutankhamen arrived at GEM in May.

 

 

 

The shrine is displayed in the place designated for it with the rest of the shrines in the king’s hall among his holdings that exceed 5600 pieces.

 

 

 

The installation of the shrine took about 14 hours of meticulous work. The restorers removed the protective layers from the walls of the shrine, which were used for protection during the transport process. The necessary cleaning work for all the gilded surfaces was also completed.

 

 

 

The shrine’s ceiling is decorated with a winged sun disk and eight birds placed underneath the titles of the king, and depicts inscriptions from the inside. The shrine also shows a gate with inscriptions and texts from the Book of the Dead

 

 

 

The first and second shrines of Tutankhamun are yet to be transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be installed in their designated location.

 

 

 

The staff of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and the Grand Egyptian Museum is assigned the mission of protecting, restoring, and consolidating the two shrines.

 

 

 

Scientific documentation of the two shrines has been completed, including x-ray radiography, photography and video, and a comprehensive report on the condition of each cabin has been prepared. The reports aid in the process of disassembling and reassembling the shrines.

 

 

 

The first shrine is the largest among the artifacts of King Tutankhamun’s possessions, with dimensions of 20.540 × 370 × 2 m and weighing 2,600 kilograms.

 

 

 

The length of the third shrine is 3.40 m, the width is 1.92 m, and the height is 2.15 m, and it weighs about 1142 kg. The walls end at the top with a frieze, and it has a double door closed with a royal seal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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