CAIRO: The Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to the public on Nov. 4, attracting around 18,000 visitors on its first day, underscoring widespread enthusiasm for Egypt’s newest cultural and archaeological landmark.
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Fittingly, the museum opened on an historic date. Nov. 4, 1922 was the day that a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter made one of the most significant finds in archaeological history: the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun — the only known near-intact royal burial site from ancient Eygpt, uncovered more than three millennia after its creation.
The exhibition space dedicated to Tutankhamun has garnered international headlines celebrating the first full showcase of the famed pharaoh’s belongings. Arab News toured that gallery, along with others dedicated to parts of a now-underwater city found off the coast of Alexandria, and to King Khufu’s solar barge — one of two grand vessels discovered in 1954 that may have been intended to carry the Khufu’s soul into the afterlife.
The exhibition space dedicated to Tutankhamun has garnered international headlines celebrating the first full showcase of the famed pharaoh’s belongings. (Supplied)
