The Grand Egyptian Museum is located on the way from Cairo to Alexandria, next to the famous pyramids of Giza.
Construction began in 2000 and it opened to the public in 2015. The Grand Egyptian Museum Project is "one of the most important cultural projects in the world."

The foundation stone of the Grand Egyptian Museum was laid in 2011, and the first and second phases of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which began construction in 2005, were completed on June 14, 2010. The first two phases of the project include a power station, a cultural heritage restoration center and fire-fighting facilities. The third phase was completed in 2012

The Grand Egyptian Museum is located in the Giza district on the outskirts of the capital Cairo, belonging to the World Heritage Memphis Site Area, next to the three Great Pyramids. It is currently the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.

20 years, Egypt gathered the strength of the world, spent 1 billion US dollars, built the world's largest museum, covering an area of about 500,000 square meters, containing most of the cultural relics from Khufu to Tutankhamun and then to the subsequent Egyptian civilization, a total of more than 100,000 pieces of movable cultural relics.

Pharaoh's mask

Walking along a wall of hieroglyphs bearing the names of the famous Kings and queens of ancient Egypt, the main attraction is undoubtedly the 83-ton, 12-meter tall statue of Ramses II, which is installed in the main hall of the entrance.

Ramses II, one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, signed the world's first international peace treaty and ruled during the last great years of the new Kingdom.

The 3,200-year-old red granite colossus, also the largest artifact in the pavilion, was first discovered in 1820 in the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, sent to Cairo for restoration in 1954, and for decades served as the beacon of BabAl-Hadid Square (later renamed Ramses Square) next to Cairo's central railway station. The Egyptian government moved it to Giza in 2006 for safekeeping, and it finally arrived safely in its new home, the entrance atrium of the National Museum of Grand Egypt, in January 2018.

Among them, the most eye-catching is the tomb of Tutankhamun, which has a dedicated exhibition hall to display all the buried objects of about 5,600, including the most well-known world-class treasure, the gold mask of Tutankhamun, which has become an iconic symbol of ancient Egyptian civilization and art.

The Grand Egyptian Museum - The fourth pyramid continues to grow the meaning of antiquities

The Grand Egyptian Museum is newly built, so the venue is very modern and comfortable, the appearance is very handsome, located near the Giza Pyramids, the museum currently has a total collection of 100,000 pieces of extremely large number of movable cultural relics, of which more than 30,000 are never exhibited before, before the Egyptian Museum was randomly placed cultural relics finally have a new home, and are carefully displayed.

Excellent viewing experience The entire museum brings the viewing experience to its peak at the beginning of the tour. Entering the museum, the first thing to see is the "Great ancestors" majestic statue of Ramses standing in the museum atrium, along the way up the stairs behind it, on the oversized steps are arranged 87 statues of pharaohs and Egyptian gods, and finally arrive at the museum's floor-to-ceiling Windows, not far away is the amazing panorama of the pyramids of Giza.

How to buy tickets:

P1: Tickets bought at the gate, less people do not queue in the afternoon, 1200 Egyptian pounds, can not pay cash can only use the visa card, the ticket includes Tutankhamun exhibition + English guide tour + entrance tickets, the ticket has the corresponding Tutankhamun exhibition hall visit time, everyone remember to pay attention to the time do not miss.

You can also book tickets online in advance, according to the steps, but you need a credit card SMS verification code, but I did not open in advance of the domestic number can not receive SMS, you need to open in advance in the domestic operator services. Other scenic spots can buy tickets online, after the purchase will send two-dimensional code to the mailbox, the ticket is scanned two-dimensional code can be.

The full collection of King Tutankhamun's tomb has also been opened to the public for the first time at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Because of this, the Grand Egyptian Museum is not only composed of movable cultural relics, but also through the design of the site, site location, phenomenon restoration, etc., to generate internal links and memories with each other, creating a strong historical atmosphere, so that the significance of cultural relics can continue to grow in the hearts of visitors in the modern scene.

The gift shop in the museum is very nice to visit, the price of small souvenirs is dozens to hundreds of Egyptian pounds, there are many large crafts and clothing, the gift packaging here is very simple and the overall design, in addition to the gift shop, there are some fancy restaurants, bars, ice cream shops, Starbucks, etc., where you can charge Egyptian pounds, the price of Starbucks in Egypt is still very touching。