CAIRO, May 5, 2018 (News Wires) - Egypt has moved the sixth and last chariot of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun to an under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the pyramids in Giza. The priceless artifact, paraded through Cairo on Saturday with a military police escort, was relocated from the Egyptian National Military Museum to its final resting place at the Grand Egyptian Museum. The chariot was a major feature of the military museum for over 30 years. It now sits among more than 4,500 of King Tut's items at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Some 7,000 square meters have been allocated to King Tut's belongings at the new museum, home to thousands of artifacts spanning different dynasties of ancient Egypt. The nearly intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty king was discovered in 1922. The GEM will be an international scientific and research complex that attracts researchers from across the world to study antiquities, Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani said on Saturday. "The museum will be Egypt's gift to humanity," said Anani during the inauguration of Tutankhamun fourth international conference. "This year's conference will be the last, the fifth one will be about the GEM," he said. "I would like to reassure citizens that the museum remains intact after the recent fire," he said. The minister added that 70 percent of the work has been achieved.
