The mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun will not be transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo and will remain in its original tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
The decision to keep the mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in its original site reflects a desire to reconcile museum appreciation and heritage preservation.
The announcement was made by the director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Ali Abdel-Halim, who emphasised the importance of preserving the integrity of the archaeological site.
Twenty-six objects belonging to the young ruler, including his famous funerary mask and two coffins, are still preserved at the Tahrir Museum.
Their transfer to the GEM is planned soon, although no date has been specified. In recent days, the GEM received 163 pieces from Tutankhamun’s treasures, as part of a plan to centralise the entire
collection for the first time in a single exhibition space.
Discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, the tomb of the young pharaoh (1336-1327 BC) remains one of the greatest events in the history of archaeology. It contained approximately 5,000 objects, revealing elements of daily life at the royal court.
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