Thursday 22 December 2016

For The First Time Since It Was Emptied In 1923,

all of Tutankhamen's burial goods will be in the same place, 


this exciting exhibition will take place at the Grand Egyptian Museum, opening in early 2018, which is currently under construction just 2 kilometres from the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the desert meets the floodplain, General Director Dr. Tarek Sayed Tawfik explained, he and his team have a vision for the new facility that's just as impressive as its name suggests, “The identity of this museum is the state, kingship and eternity of ancient Egypt,” says Tawfik, who adds that the collection will do much more than simply display masterpieces of art. "It will also give a lot of background to the visitor ... how and why the artefacts were produced. This is a whole new aspect that will give this museum another taste.” Tawfik says the GEM will have an incredible 50,000 unique objects on display—30,000 of which have never been shown to the public, this will be such a fabulous place to visit when it is completed, both Diana and myself are fascinated by ancient Egypt, whilst on our travels this year we went to the British Museum to look at the Egyptian collection there, and on another day visited The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, we went both museums amongst others on our visit to London, and now this new exhibition is on our wish list.


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