Yes, it’s true, after years of delays the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza is finally open!

They do indeed have many Wonderful Things.  They have almost all the items from Tutankhamun’s Tomb.  All well displayed, in a spacious gallery.  And they have lots and lots of other Good Stuff spread across 12 galleries.

They also have lots of eager visitors, both locals and tourists.  I was the third person into the galleries yesterday and went straight to the Tutankhamun Gallery, and I still found myself in a scrum of photographers at Tutankhamun’s Mask.  It was actually much quieter 10 minutes later, when the over-eager early bird fervor had died down!

P.S. Yes Tutankhamun’s inner coffin really is 240 lbs of solid gold.  Wow.