CAIRO – 6 July 2021: The Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission, headed by President of Japan's Higashi Nippon International University and Honorary Professor at Waseda University Sakuji Yoshimura, has completed the exhumation of all the artifacts of the Second Khufu Ship from the pit discovered next to the Pyramid of Khufu [Cheops] in the Giza pyramids area, thus ending the largest operation to discover and extract the Second Khufu Ship. Fruitful cooperation between Egypt, Japan in restoring Second Khufu Solar Ship, transfer of antiquities - Min. Fruitful cooperation between Egypt, Japan in restoring Second Khufu Solar Ship, transfer of antiquities - Min. For his part, Yoshifumi further expressed his appreciation of the strong leadership of the Egyptian government and the efforts made by the Egyptian state to achieve such great progress in the establishment of the Grand Egyptian Museum. He stressed his pride in JICA's participation in preserving the treasures of Egypt for future generations through the Grand Egyptian Museum project.

Source: Egypt Today July 06, 2021 12:33 UTC