Last Wednesday, my friend invited me to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum with her. We wanted to have a guided tour. Since I'm always wearing my hearing aids, that wouldn't work for me because the guided tour included wearing a headset. I asked if I could stream the guide's voice right into my hearing aids but that wasn't an option. I ended up running after the guide like a baby following her mother. Still, I sometimes struggled to catch what she was saying, especially, when we were close to other guides and groups.
The museum was spacious, well-lit and airy. It was also air-conditioned which wasn't an advantage for me because at some point, I felt cold. The museum was well-organized, however; that didn't stop me from going around in circles. During the tour, we saw the head status of Akhentaen and I had a photo of it. After the tour was over, I wanted to take my time contemplating my favorite king, the Great Akhenaten. Unfortunately, I couldn't find him as if the ground opened up and swallowed him! Or maybe I wasn't searching for him at the wrong galleries!
Later, we had fateer in an outdoor restaurant in the museum's garden and we chatted about different topics. Then it was time to go home. We got out of the gate of the administration staff, and found out that there was no chance to find an Uber. A museum employee offered to drive us to the closest point on his way, where we could order an Uber.
On the highway, we kept waiting for a long time until we finally managed to get a car. Luckily, our time wasn't wasted as we found some stray dogs and fed them the leftover from the hotdog fateer.
I felt so proud walking around the Grand Egyptian Museum. All the monuments and antiques are purely Egyptian. The museum recounts the history of our Egypt through different stages from the prehistoric period, the old kingdom, middle and new kingdom, and Roman-Greek era.
Unlike some museums around the globe, nothing was looted or smuggled from other countries in the Grand Egyptian Museum.
All the contents were made by the Egyptians for the Egyptians. The tour guide said something really interesting that it's not true that pyramids were built on the shoulders of slaves. There were no slaves in Ancient Egypt but devoted people who believed in the afterlife and the godness of their rulers. When people have faith in something, they can make magic. I'd like to go with that perspective about the power of faith.
If you're interested in seeing some photos I took there, please check my following posts on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJYpYtnNZoy/
Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed looking at the posts on Instagram!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked them! :)
It's true that history is often written by those who won. I wonder why the Bible tells of the enslavement of the Hebrews by the Egyptians? Why did Moses have to do all those plagues to make the Pharaoh let the Hebrews go???
I also wonder why there was no mention at all of the Hebrews, Moses, and the plagues in any of the ancient Egyptian scriptures?! Hopefully, we will know what the truth was one day!
Amen!