World’s biggest $1BILLION mega-museum built for ‘cursed’ coffin of King Tut & 100,000 relics to FINALLY open after 20yrs

World’s biggest $1BILLION mega-museum built for ‘cursed’ coffin of King Tut & 100,000 relics to FINALLY open after 20yrs
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World’s biggest $1BILLION mega-museum built for ‘cursed’ coffin of King Tut & 100,000 relics to FINALLY open after 20yrs
Author: Lydia Doye
Published: Feb, 26 2025 12:43

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The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo will be home to more than 100,000 artefacts, including King Tut's "cursed" iconic gold mask and sarcophagus.

Here's everything you need to know about King Tut... No royal tombs had been uncovered since King Tut's until last week when archaeologists discovered King Thutmose II's burial site.

Visitors will also be able to see the dazzling treasures of Queen Hetepheres, the mum of the builder of the Great Pyramid, including her alabaster sarcophagus, furniture and jewellery, along with King Khufu's grand cedar wood boat.

The museum covers an impressive 500,000 square feet, making it the biggest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilisation - ancient Egypt.

Visitors will enter the museum through a spectacular alabaster archway, before being greeted by an impressive 83 ton statue of Ramses II, which dates back 3200 years.

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