The Grand Egyptian Museum has been organizing the international Tutankhamun conference since 2015, each year with a different theme. This year, the 5th conference was held on the 4th and 5th of May 2019, to present the latest research results on King Tutankhamen artifacts, featuring iconography as its theme. Egyptian […]
The Third Joint Coordinating Committee was held by the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project (GEM-JC project) on November 29,2018. Under the supervision of the general supervisor of the GEM, Dr. Tarek Tawfik, and the senior representative of JICA Egypt, Mr. Matsuzaki Mizuki, the […]
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project (GEM-JC Project) organized a study session and lab tour in the GEM-CC for the Japanese-speaking tour guides from different travel agencies on Sunday 14th of October, to introduce the work done at GEM-CC as well as the […]
Last week, His Excellency Noke Masaki has visited the Grand Egyptian Museum for the first time after being assigned as the Japanese Ambassador to Egypt. Dr. Tarek Tawfik, the general supervisor of GEM has accompanied him throughout his visit at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center, explaining to His Excellency […]
The Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Conservation Project Seminar took place last week on the 29th of August, 2018 at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center. This seminar was planned to be a form of public relations to the project by introducing the work of the project to the conservators at […]
On Wednesday 11th of July, the GEM-JC conservation experts and project office members had a meeting to discuss the importance of procurement management. The team discussed the procurement process regarding each lab’s stock check, ordering of materials, and the duration of shipment. They also discussed how long some materials might […]
Saturday, 5th of May- The Fourth Grand Egyptian Museum International Tutankhamun Conference has taken place at Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel under the supervision of Dr. Tarek Tawfik, the General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Conference started with a welcome speech given by the Minister of Antiquities, Dr Khaled […]
We were’e very delighted to watch this historical moment when Ramses II statue was moved to its final display location at the entrance of GEM. we’d like to share with you some of the transportation footage. the following links show some of the media and news coverage of the event: […]
Second Joint Coordinating Committee was held on November 28th in the conference room nearby GEM-CC. The meeting was started by Dr. Tarek giving welcome speech, expressing the Government’s interest in GEM-JC project as the Minister is always asking about the progress of work of GEM construction project as well as […]
In October 2017 students from third to sixth grade of the Japanese school in Cairo visited the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC). We wanted them to experience the conservation process up close, so we put up a visit schedule to visit the laboratories and then try to be a […]
