Treasures of Tutankhamen's tomb in Giza sent for restoration

Values from the tomb of Tutankhamun will be one of the major collections of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza, scheduled to open in 2015

Project Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. The opening is scheduled for its 2015
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treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun sent from Cairo to Giza Museum for restoration. Already shipped eight of the 132 wooden batons Pharaoh. Each rod is coated with gold, adorned with jewels and ornaments of the Pharaoh. After the restoration of the items back to the Cairo Egyptian Museum, but not for long: in 2015 planned opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.

collection from the tomb of Tutankhamun, which includes more than 3,850 artifacts, will be the main part of the new museum. Among its most valuable exhibits - jeweled gold mask and three sarcophagi, one of pure gold, the other two - of wood with gold leaf. Tutankhamun collection is interesting and lots of items of everyday life - it has toys, games, chairs and beds, wine vessels, boxes for food, weapons (including boomerangs), a lot of religious items. The collection gives a comprehensive idea of what was the burial rites of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt.

Along with treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Grand Egyptian Museum collection will be on display from the tomb of the mother of Cheops Hetepheres, two "Solar Rook "Cheops, a collection of jewelry and much more.

The decision to build the museum at Giza was taken in 2002, when it became obvious that museums do not have enough space for exhibiting numerous archaeological finds. The winning design of Irish architectural firm Heneghan Peng Architects. But within a period of ten years builders have missed: the construction of the museum was prevented from including the unstable situation in the country. If in 2015 the Grand Egyptian Museum building will still be completed, visitors will have the opportunity to inspect the pyramids and their treasures almost simultaneously.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : english.ahram.org.eg , egyptpyramidhistory.com , artinvestment.ru

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