A team from the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) started packing this week Pharaoh King Tutankhamun’s treasured collection at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in a step towards transferring it to its permanent location at the GEM, the ministry of Antiquities said in a statement. The bed was subjected to scientific documentation and first-aid restoration to guarantee its safe transportation, the ministry of Antiquities pointed out. According to a planned schedule, all King Tutankhamun (Tut) artifacts are to be packed and transported to the GEM by mid-2018, until the soft opening of the new museum. An international conference on King Tut was held in Cairo earlier this month to explore options for the safe transportation of the pharaoh’s collection from the Egyptian museum in downtown Cairo to the new Grand Museum being built close to the Giza Pyramids plateau. Photo Credits: Ministry of Antiquities Facebook Page

Source: Egypt Independent May 18, 2017 11:03 UTC