Grand Egyptian Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum, built on the outskirts of Cairo, is billed as the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation, housing some 100,000 ancient artifacts

EGYPT
Cairo

Above: Giant statue of King Ramses II in museum’s atrium

Left: Golden mask of King Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun’s treasures: Museum will house boy king’s entire collection of more than 5,300 artefacts for first time since his tomb was discovered in 1922

Other key exhibits Cache of ancient coffins unearthed at Saqqara in 2020 (above), world’s first hanging obelisk, and Grand Staircase lined with artifacts illustrating Egypt’s history

Solar boats: King Khufu’s ship (left) is oldest wooden vessel discovered in Egypt, dating back some 4,600 years. Visitors will also see assembly and restoration work on second Khufu ship

Grand scale: Museum covers three floors, with conference and educationalspaces, 250-seat 3D cinema, children’s museum, shops and restaurants

Left: Building’s north and south walls line up directly with pyramids of Khufu and Menkaure
Grand Egyptian Museum
Giza
Plateau
Grand Egyptian Museum
River Nile
Pyramids
Saqqara
CAIRO
GIZA
10km
6 miles

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