GEM Grand Egyptian Museum

You could call this a coincidence but the acronym of the Grand Egyptian Museum is an apt title for the GEM is truly one! The sprawling museum has the largest indoor space in the world - a whopping five hundred thousand square meters! And needless to say it is full of such wonderful artifacts, each a gem of antiquity. Of the hundred thousand artifacts held here most peoole come to see the five thousand that are truly special because they come straight from Tutankahmun’s tomb in the Valley of Kings. This includes the dead boy king’s famous golden mask crafted from solid gold! But what makes the visit a remarkable experience is the grand vision with which the whole museum has been envisaged from start to finish. As you enter its gates a grand bottomless obelisk greets you at the door and then you are ushered into the pyramid shaped entrance that is filled with cartouches of ancient…