Four
renovated halls in the Tutankhamun gallery in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have
been unveiled. The
renovation was part of the (7) seven-year project to refurbish the entire Egyptian
Museum.
Tutankhamun's
tomb had been untouched for some 3,000 years until the British archaeologist
Howard Carter found it after years of fruitless excavations, and was finally opened by Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, it house treasures from the tomb
of the boy king which were unearthed in 1922. It was
one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century.
The
renovation of the museum was being aided by funds from the European Union and
other international donors, Reports have it that The EU, would offer 92,500 euros ($115,000,
£73,300) next year to help renovate the eastern wing of Tutankhamun gallery.
The
Egyptian Museum - first opened in 1902 in Cairo's central Tahrir Square -
contains 107 halls with artefacts dating from the prehistoric through to the
Roman periods. The majority of the collection is focused on the era of the
pharaohs.
The
museum houses approximately 160,000 objects covering 5,000 years of Egypt's
past. Below are PHOTOS of few objects housed in the museum.........
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