On Monday, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Khaled al-Anani toured the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to follow on its progress, prior to the museum’s opening later this year. Anani was accompanied by the project’s supervisor, Atef Moftah, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, and Assistant Minister for Archaeological Affairs in the museum, Al Tayeb Abbas. The statue of King Ramses II is about 8 meters high and weighs about 30 tons. He wears a belt bearing his name that is decorated with ornaments with ornaments. The group also checked out the stairs within the museum and the statues of King Sonnet I.

Source: Egypt Independent March 08, 2021 11:48 UTC