A large staircase rises to the highest of the museum, lined with a few of the most pristine statues of the rulers of historic Egypt.
At the highest, a spectacular view of the pyramids opens up with a hovering ceiling. The galleries are lined with state-of-the-art instances with historic statues providing glimpses into the each day lives of not simply the kings and queens but additionally atypical individuals.
The grand museum additionally takes an equally grand time to totally tour.
“It will take you not less than one or two hours to see not less than perhaps 20% of the statues,” Hawass stated.
Each piece, together with enormous royal busts carved in granite and the gold necklaces with turquoise and coral and the several-feet-long preserved papyrus, is given sufficient house to be appreciated in a completely fashionable and tranquil setting.
“They are telling the historical past of historic Egypt, how the individuals lived collectively, the concern and hopes of the Egyptians,” Abbas stated.
Among the museum’s grandest collections is the gold masks of Tutankhamun.
The masks, which has survived grave robbers and clumsy restorations efforts, will probably be saved in its personal room within the climate-controlled museum, Hawass stated.
In 2017, earlier than the coronavirus pandemic slowed its building, NBC News was given unique entry to the Grand Egyptian Museum’s backroom shops with Tutankhamun’s superbly crafted bows, wine and even recent underpants buried 3,347 years in the past. The embalmed stays of his stillborn daughters stay in ornate caskets.