Tourism Min., Tokyo Governor Inaugurate "Ramses and Gold of Pharaohs" Exhibition

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy and Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko inaugurated the "Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition in its sixth international stop in Japan.

The exhibition includes 180 artifacts, including the wooden coffin of King Ramses II from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, rare pieces from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, and discoveries from the Bubasteion tomb in Saqqara.

The Minister of Tourism said that the exhibition offers Japanese visitors an exceptional opportunity to explore the treasures of ancient Egypt. Fathi stressed that his ministry is working to promote various tourism products that meet the tastes and interests of tourists, such as beach tourism, cultural tourism, spiritual tourism, sports tourism, and ecotourism.

The minister expressed his hope that the next stage will witness broader horizons for cooperation between Egypt and Japan in the tourism and archaeological fields, calling on the Japanese people to explore the exceptional tourism experience offered by the Grand Egyptian Museum, as well as visit the unparalleled Egyptian tourist attractions.

On her part, the governor of Tokyo expressed her happiness at hosting the exhibition in Tokyo, which coincides with the 35th anniversary of the signing of the twinning agreement between Cairo and Tokyo, hoping that the coming period will witness more aspects of joint cooperation between the two countries in all fields.

In turn, Renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass described the exhibition as the best temporary archaeological exhibition held outside the country, because it contains the treasures of a great king and leader, King Ramses II, who ruled the longest period in Egypt’s history, defeated the Hittites, and signed the first peace treaty in the world, in addition to treasures made of gold, such as the treasures of the kings of the 21st and 22nd dynasties.

Hawass stressed that this exhibition will capture the hearts of its Japanese visitors, as each piece in it tells a story and part of the history of ancient Egypt.