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00:03 Report / Matti Hummelsiep
00:29 Ana Gomes / Egyptologist
01:08 Shirin Frangoul-Brückner / Exhibition Designer
01:29 Ana Gomes / Egyptologist
01:58 Ahmed Ghoneim / CEO of the Grand Egyptian Museum 

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00:00 - 00:16
The Grand Egyptian Museum sets a new standard.
In the entry hall looms the statue of Ramses II — the great pharaoh who ruled over the land along the Nile for decades. The 11-meter-tall piece weighs 80 tonnes and is 3200 years old.
00:17 - 00:23
100,000 artifacts bear testimony to the different periods of millennia of cultural history.
00:24 - 00:35
+++ Ana Gomes, Egyptologist+++ (German)
“What’s really spectacular is how you can look at things that you couldn’t before because there simply wasn’t enough space in the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square.”
00:36 - 00:41
The new landmark of Egypt lies right next to an old one: the Pyramids of Giza.
00:42 - 00:54
For the first time since the excavation work by Egyptologist Howard Carter, all treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb have been assembled at a single location — an astounding 5600 artifacts.
00:55 - 01:05
Including Tutankhamun’s world-famous funerary mask.
This iconic piece is protected by strict security measures.
But visitors should get as close as possible, explains the organizer.
01:06 - 01:18
+++ Shirin Frangoul-Brückner, Exhibition Designer +++	(German)
“The lighting of the mask makes it look as though it were floating, meaning it’s actually not important how thick the glass is or what its edges are like. Just the artifact itself takes center stage.”
01:19 - 01:24
The Grand Egyptian is more than a museum — it’s a place of research and lab for conservators.
01:25 - 01:49
+++ Ana Gomes, Egyptologist+++ (German)
“Egypt is showing it’s able to really do great things in terms of science, culture and curation. Egyptology was a science basically restricted to the northern hemisphere for many, many years, many decades. Of course, that is in part on account of the situation in Egypt at the time. But things have also been shifting for many years.”
01:50 - 01:56
And tourism figures are set to reflect that trend. Egypt expects 18 million visitors this year.
01:57 - 02:09
+++ Ahmed Ghoneim, CEO of the Grand Egyptian Museum +++
"We're anticipating that this will increase definitely the numbers of tourists coming to Egypt by at least 10% or 20%."
01:10 - 02:19
There are collections of Egyptian artifacts all over the world.
But the Grand Egyptian Museum is a new symbol of national identity.
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Bildende: 02:23