Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza Museums in Cairo, Egypt
Facts and history of the construction of the largest and most massive museums in Cairo, the ticket price, working hours, and more.
The idea of establishing what is known as the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the subject of our discussion now, began in the nineties of the last century, and specifically in the year 2002, the foundation stone was laid to begin the construction of this project for that great museum, so that it would succeed in being built in a very large and distinguished location overlooking all The Pyramids of Giza and the immortal The Sphinx of Giza statue..
Grand Egyptian Museum Facts
Note: 75% of the halls of the Grand Egyptian Museum have been opened until 07.09.2024.
How did the idea of establishing the Grand Egyptian Museum come about?
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities had announced not long ago, and this was under the auspices and organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and UNESCO, the beginning of organizing a very large or international architectural competition, where this competition will be for the best possible design for the idea of that museum.
Then the current design, which was submitted by one of the companies, won, and which depended in its construction and design of the Grand Egyptian Museum on relying directly on the sun’s rays extending in a specific way from the tops of the three pyramids “Great Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure” located in Giza, which were built in the era of the Egyptian Pharaohs kings of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, when they met, of course, with a specific and large conical mass, which is the Grand Egyptian Museum..
When did the design and construction of this museum begin?
The design and construction of the museum project began in May 2005, when the site was prepared and then generally equipped..
Then, during the years 2006, the largest international center dedicated solely to the restoration of Pharaonic Egyptian Antiquities was established in the Middle East Room.
The Grand Egyptian Museum was originally dedicated to an important purpose, which is to carry out restoration operations and then preserve, maintain and rehabilitate all those important Egyptian archaeological pieces and Egyptian Monuments discovered in the most important Egypt Archaeological Sites or which are later scheduled to be successfully displayed in a number of halls designated only for the museum, which was opened at the same time during the year 2010..
What is the importance of the archaeological museum?
The Grand Egyptian Museum in Egypt houses almost all the belongings of the golden king, King Tutankhamun, from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in The New Kingdom era, in full for the first time, which numbered about 5,600 artifacts. They are also being displayed for the first time in history since they were discovered in the Tomb of Tutankhamun | KV62 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (Thebes) by Egyptologists and archaeologist Howard Carter, who has a Howard Carter House in Deir El Bahari.
The construction of the building of this archaeological museum, which has an area of approximately more than 300 thousand square meters, was completed during the last periods of 2021, so that it eventually includes a large number of special exhibition halls..
Main exhibition hall in the museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum contains a large collection of artifacts belonging to Queen Hetepheres I, the wife of King Sneferu, who was the mother of King Khufu, who was the owner or builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, to discover the extent of the development of Architecture in ancient Egypt and Sculpture in Ancient Egypt.
He was also at the same time the designer of the Solar Boat Museum of King Khufu “The Boat Of Cheops“, this in addition to the presence of a large number of these various archaeological artifacts that were present since the ancient era, the Predynastic Period, then the Naqada III civilization, the Dynasty 0, the Dynasty 00, and the beginning of the dynastic era, the beginning of the rule of King Narmer from the First Dynasty of Egypt until the end of both the Greek era and the era of the Roman Kingdom “Greek-Roman era” and the Ptolemaic era “Ptolemaic Kingdom“.
Tutankhamun Hall in the Grand Egyptian Museum
In fact, the scenario of the special show at the Grand Egyptian Museum in the King Tutankhamun Archaeological Hall tells the full story of the life of that young king who died in his youth as a result of being betrayed by the military commander in the Military of ancient Egypt, King Horemheb, and was quickly buried in his tomb by the priest Ay “king Ay”. After that, he became Pharaoh and received the Coronation of the Pharaohs after his marriage to his widow, Queen Ankhesenamun.
And about how to discover his entire tomb without stealing any of its contents and collecting his unique and wonderful archaeological possessions.
This archaeological hall also represents, of course, a unique and new discovery of the cemetery, for which all its archaeological contents were to be displayed in one hall..
The area of the large hall in the Grand Egyptian Museum is approximately 5,700 square meters, while the hall for King Tutankhamun in The Egyptian Museum located in Tahrir Square, in which only a third of those artifacts were displayed, was 1,100 square meters, as there were many of those artifacts that were stored in the ancient Egyptian Museum and were not displayed..
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum for Egyptians?
The comprehensive ticket fee for an adult visit is: 60 Egyptian pounds.
The comprehensive ticket fee for a visit is: 30 Egyptian pounds.
Tutankhamun Hall ticket fee for adults: 50 Egyptian pounds
Ticket fees to visit the main exhibition hall for adults: 30 Egyptian pounds
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum for foreigners?
The comprehensive ticket fee for visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum for foreigners is: 500 Egyptian pounds.
If the visitor is a foreign student, the entrance fee is: 250 Egyptian pounds..
The ticket fee to visit the Tutankhamun Hall for foreign adults is 400 Egyptian pounds and for students 200 pounds.
Ticket fees to visit the main exhibition hall for foreign adults: 200 Egyptian pounds and for students: 100 pounds..
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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