The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest international museum in the world, as it will contain more than 50,000 artifacts at the time of its opening, in addition to displaying a large group of artifacts for the first time in the history of museums, in addition to a number of surprises that visitors will see for the first time. In any museum in the world except inside the Grand Egyptian Museum.
The Great Staircase
The main message of the Great Staircase in the Grand Egyptian Museum will serve as an introduction to the museum, and will focus on the various powers of the king and is called Zone 1, and the lobby will contain the visual expression of the essence of the theme of kingship with a main theme, a huge statue of King Ramses II, where the king was head of government, commander of the army And the chief priest of all the gods in every temple, the king was also the mediator between the gods and the people of Egypt, and his presence was a link between heaven and earth and the souls of the dead.
The Great Staircase focuses on two themes, the royal portrait, and the gods and kings, and is divided into four sections. The first section will deal with how the king was represented in the three-dimensional sculptures. Many of these objects are large, impressive statues while others will be smaller and with more The details of these exhibits will spread in history from the era of the Old Kingdom until the Roman era, while the second section focuses on the status of the goddess, and this will include the representation of kings during their participation in religious rituals and offering offerings to the gods, and this will be displayed in addition to the pillars, columns and other distinctive elements of the temples that It was built for the gods commissioned by the king, and varies between the ancient, middle and modern states.
Khufu second boat
Visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum will see the restoration work of the second Khufu boat in action, during their visit to the museum, as the assembly work of the boat did not take place before the opening of the Grand Museum, because it will take a long time to assemble, and that the work of assembling and restoring the second Khufu boat takes nearly 3 years until They are being completed, due to the poor condition of the wood that was extracted from the pit, the composite, which was done in cooperation with the Japanese grant, in which 1,700 pieces of wood were extracted.
hanging obelisk
The first field for a hanging obelisk in the world was established in the Grand Egyptian Museum. The hanging obelisk shows the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptian in designing and sculpting ancient monuments. It is a new innovation whose drawings are being prepared. It is located at the main entrance, an area of 7 acres.
Archaeologically, the design relied on the possibility of seeing the cartouche of King Ramses II located at the bottom of the obelisk hull base, which remained out of sight for nearly 3,500 years. King Ramses II in an eye-catching panorama.
Mon, Sep. 6, 2021
