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[00:00.04]The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza

[00:04.12]will open a limited number of exhibits

[00:07.68]about ancient Egypt starting this week.

[00:12.92]The limited opening will be a test run

[00:16.24]of the still-unannounced official opening

[00:19.56]of the museum, officials said.

[00:23.60]Starting on October 16, 4,000 visitors per day

[00:29.32]will be permitted to view limited areas

[00:32.96]of the main galleries, said Al-Tayeb Abbas.

[00:37.44]He is assistant to Egypt's minister of antiquities.

[00:44.04]Museum officials have repeatedly

[00:46.72]delayed the museum opening for many reasons,

[00:50.56]including the COVID-19 pandemic.

[00:55.00]Some areas have been open

[00:57.08]since 2022 for limited tours.

[01:02.60]The museum is a huge project

[01:05.28]near the famous Giza Pyramids.

[01:09.00]The building project began more than 12 years ago

[01:12.96]and has cost more than $1 billion so far.

[01:19.08]The Egyptian government says

[01:21.36]more than 100,000 artifacts

[01:24.44]of Egypt's ancient treasures

[01:26.84]are on show at the site.

[01:29.92]Officials describe it as the world's

[01:32.88]largest archaeological museum.

[01:37.32]The exhibits in the test run include 12 areas

[01:41.96]that explore issues related to society, religion,

[01:47.44]and philosophies of ancient Egypt, Abbas added.

[01:53.20]The areas are divided by dynasty

[01:56.00]and historical order.

[01:59.16]Historical divisions include

[02:01.76]the Third Intermediate Period, Late Period,

[02:05.60]and Graeco-Roman Period.

[02:09.00]It also includes the New Kingdom,

[02:12.40]Middle Kingdom, and Old Kingdom periods.

[02:16.52]They all represent life

[02:19.96]thousands of years in the past.

[02:24.00]One of the areas displays

[02:27.00]statues of the "Elite of the King."

[02:31.08]These represent members of a king's family,

[02:34.64]and high-level officials who worked in the army,

[02:39.12]government or religious service.

[02:43.36]Abbas told the AP that the test run

[02:47.08]would help prepare for the full opening

[02:50.04]by identifying operational issues.

[02:54.48]This includes finding out

[02:56.56]which parts of the museum

[02:58.52]might become overcrowded.

[03:02.12]A reporter for the Associated Press

[03:04.84]spoke with some tourists at the museum.

[03:08.36]Canadian visitor Aude Porcedda

[03:12.08]told the AP she was amazed by the museum.

[03:16.36]She said she believes it is important

[03:20.44]that the world know about Egyptian civilization.

[03:26.08]Jorge Licano, a visitor from Costa Rica

[03:30.04]expressed similar praise.

[03:33.40]"There is a lot of history

[03:35.52]and a lot of things we are not aware of,

[03:38.56]especially coming from the other side of the world,

[03:42.12]and seeing everything here

[03:44.96]and learning from the locals

[03:47.16]has been great," he said.

[03:50.56]The limited opening includes the museum's

[03:53.84]so-called Grand Staircase.

[03:56.72]It is six stories high

[03:59.36]with a view of the nearby pyramids.

[04:03.40]Also open to the public, are artifacts

[04:06.96]that include sarcophagi and statues.

[04:12.44]Other parts of the museum, including

[04:15.52]the King Tutankhamun treasure collection,

[04:18.56]are set to open at later dates.

[04:22.80]All the exhibit space is equipped

[04:25.48]with high-level technology

[04:27.92]and permit different kinds of media presentations

[04:32.04]to help explain the lives of ancient Egyptians,

[04:35.88]including kings, said museum official, Eissa Zidan.

[04:42.48]Some exhibits will use virtual reality

[04:46.28]to explain the history of burial

[04:49.72]and its development throughout ancient Egypt.

[04:55.12]"The museum is not only a place to display antiquities,

[04:59.88]but it also aims to attract children

[05:03.24]to learn about ancient Egyptian history

[05:06.96]... The museum is a gift to all the world,"

[05:10.08]Zidan told the AP.

[05:13.60]I'm Anna Matteo.

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Words in This Story

grand -adj. great in size : marked by magnificence

exhibit -n.an article or a collection shown in a public display

gallery -n. a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art

antiquity -n. objects or monuments from ancient times

tour -n. a journey for business, pleasure, or education often involving a series of stops and ending at the starting point

artifact -n. a usually simple object (as a tool or ornament) showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

dynasty -n. a succession of rulers of the same line of descent

amazed -adj. feeling or showing great surprise or wonder

sarcophagus -n.a stone coffin : plural sarcophagi