Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Tuesday began the long-awaited transfer and assembly of the second solar boat of King Khufu, a major restoration project at the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau.
At a ceremony, Tourism Minister Sherif Fathi and museum chief executive Ahmed Ghoneim witnessed the laying of the first reconstructed wooden beams, marking the start of the assembly of the ancient vessel.
The partially restored pieces were moved from temporary conservation to the museum’s Khufu Boat Hall, beside the first solar boat, one of the museum's treasured exhibits.
Mr Fathi said about 1,650 fragments of cedar wood were transferred and stabilised as part of “one of the most important restoration projects of the 21st century”.
The remaining components, many of them fragile, will be pieced together in a live restoration process in f
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