In th? h???t ?? E???t, ? m?n?m?nt?l t?i??t? t? hist??? ?n? h??it??? is ?n???w?? ?s th? G??n? E???ti?n M?s??m t?k?s sh???, ???misin? t? sh?wc?s? th? ??zzlin? l???c? ?? T?t?nkh?m?n ?n? s??v? ?s ? ???c?n ?? n?ti?n?l ??j?v?n?ti?n. This ?m?iti??s ?n???v?? c?l????t?s th? ?ich t???st?? ?? E???t’s ??st whil? ?????llin? th? n?ti?n int? ? ??i?ht?? ??t???.
T?t?nkh?m?n, th? ??? kin? ?? ?nci?nt E???t, c?ntin??s t? c??tiv?t? th? w??l? with his t???s???s, which l?? ?nt??ch?? ??? mill?nni? in th? V?ll?? ?? th? Kin?s. Th? G??n? E???ti?n M?s??m’s missi?n is t? ??in? th?s? ??ic?l?ss ??ti??cts t? th? ???????nt, ill?min?tin? th? s?l?n??? ?? ?n ??? ??n? ??. With ?v?? 5,000 t???s???s ???m T?t?nkh?m?n’s t?m?, this ?xhi?iti?n is ??is?? t? ?? ? ??s?l?n??nt j???n?? int? ? w??l? ?? ???l?nc? ?n? m?sti???.
H?w?v??, this isn’t m???l? ? sh?wc?s? ?? th? ??st; it’s ? t?st?m?nt t? E???t’s ??n?iss?nc?. Th? G??n? E???ti?n M?s??m s?m??liz?s th? n?ti?n’s ??n?w?? c?mmitm?nt t? s????????in? ?n? c?l????tin? its c?lt???l h??it???. It ?ls? m??ks ? ?iv?t?l m?m?nt in E???t’s c?nt?m?????? hist???, ???l?ctin? its ??????ss ?n? ?s?i??ti?ns ??? th? ??t???.
Th? ??chit?ct???l ???n???? ?? th? m?s??m its?l? is ?w?-ins?i?in?, ???vi?in? ? ?ittin? ??ck???? ??? th? t???s???s within. S?t ???inst th? ??ck???? ?? th? P???mi?s ?? Giz?, it’s ? st?t?m?nt ?? E???t’s ?n???in? l???c? ?n? its c?ntin??? ???s?it ?? ?xc?ll?nc? in th? m????n w??l?.
Th? G??n? E???ti?n M?s??m will s??v? ?s ? ??i??? ??tw??n ?nci?nt ?n? m????n E???t, invitin? visit??s ???m ????n? th? ?l??? t? ??sk in th? s?l?n??? ?? T?t?nkh?m?n’s ??i?n whil? ?ls? ?ckn?wl???in? th? n?ti?n’s ???wth ?n? vit?lit? in th? ???s?nt ???.
This ?xc??ti?n?l ???j?ct, ??is?? ?t th? int??s?cti?n ?? th? ??st ?n? ??t???, is m??? th?n ? m?s??m; it’s ? t?st?m?nt t? E???t’s ??????n? c?nn?cti?n with its hist??? ?n? ?n ?m???im?nt ?? th? ?n???in? s?i?it ?? this ??m??k??l? n?ti?n. It’s ? ??cl???ti?n t? th? w??l? th?t th? ?ch??s ?? th? ??st ??s??n? in th? vi???nt h???t ?? th? ???s?nt, ?n? th?? c???? th? ???mis? ?? ?n ?v?n ??i?ht?? ??t??? ??? E???t ?n? its ????l?