What You Need To Know About Grand Egyptian Museum Soft Launch

 

Titled the worlds largest museum dedicated to a single civilization, and one of the largest archeological museums, the Grand Egyptian Museum is now, unofficially, open for visits.

 

 

 

The museum is in their trial phase, hosting limited tours with small groups of visitors, confined to the grand hall of the building.

 

 

Interior access is currently denied, with only the hall and exterior gardens available for view.

 

 

The museum also offers a special tour in addition to the grand staircase guided tour. The Tutankhamun Immersive Exhibition opened in November, coinciding with the month the king’s tomb was discovered over a century ago.

 

 

Guests are transported through time as the walls and floor tell the story of the king and his life, depicting the ancient Egyptian stories of Isis and the afterlife.

 

 

The thirty minute long presentation is complete with vibrant colors of hieroglyphics and scenes of the night sky along the Nile river, and the temples with ancient Egyptians in their traditional robes and attire.

 

 

The show also mentions the discovery of the tomb, and displays the different headlines from newspapers around the world.

 

 

 

The experience was very captivating, with the nile river running on the floor of the room giving the impression that the guests are floating along it, looking at hippos and lotus flowers along the shore. It was a beautiful way to walk through the life and death of King Tutankhamun, and learn about his existence.

 

 

After the show, guests are then taken on a tour through the outside courtyard, the grand hall, and the grand staircase. The exterior of the museum presents a hanging obelisk. The obelisk is put on a structure elevating it off the ground, where people are able to stand under it and view an inscription of one of the king’s names.

 

 

 

 

The grand hall displays an enormous statue of King Ramses II, inviting guests in to the building.

 

 

As you walk through even more, you see an array of statues and pillars with hieroglyphic carvings.

 

The grand staircase presents a variety of statues ascending up the staircases, with head busts of queens, sarcophagus and pillars, and the tip of an obelisk. Guests also see ancient arches and altars, alongside animal gods and goddesses. The museum includes over sixty historical pieces of the museums collection, and is dedicated to preserving the art and history behind them.

 

 

Tickets to the museum can be bough online, on the museum’s website.