At the award ceremony held in Tokyo on November 10, 2020, Mr. Nakamura, Project Chief Advisor expressed his gratitude and delivered an address of the award on behalf of the team: “The fact that the work of conservation, which usually goes unnoticed, has been recognized in such a way makes […]
Voices celebrating the award!
Here’s what some of the locals have to say about this award! Dr. Hussein Kamal GEM-JC Project Manager/General Director of GEM Conservation Center The Grand Egyptian Museum, Joint Conservation project (GEM-JC project) is the continuation of the cooperation between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Grand Egyptian Museum […]
Project wins the Yomiuri International Cooperation Award
The international cooperation between Egypt and Japan in the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center has been highly commended and the GEM-JC project team was awarded the 27th Yomiuri International Cooperation Award of Japan. The money awarded will be used mainly to encourage and support GEM-CC members to publish their research […]
Online Workshop Introducing Hieroglyphs to junior and high school students
Hello everyone. In order to inform more generations know about the GEM-JC project, we held an online workshop for junior high and high school students on December 5th at JICA’s Global Plaza in Ichigaya, Tokyo, titled ” An Introduction to Egyptology and Archaeology: Learning from the Grand Egyptian Museum”! […]
Tutankhamun Canopy analyzed and documented
The documentation and analysis work of the Tutankhamun Canopy has been moving forward smoothly since it arrived in GEM-CC in late June last year. The Egyptian experts continued the established procedures in the documentation and analysis. The process went relatively quicker given the fact that it was the last artifact […]
Discussions and studies about the display
The project stakeholders have agreed to extend the project for an additional year. Now the project is going to support the internal transportation and implement activities related to the effective display of the target artifacts. The Japanese experts came to GEM-CC within weeks from the decision to study the possible […]