Egypt unveils renovated Tutankhamun gallery
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The renovation is part of a seven-year project to refurbish the entire Egyptian Museum.
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James Moran, who heads the EU delegation in Cairo, said the EU gave support to help to boost Egypt's tourism sector whose "revival... is fundamental for the economy".
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The EU, he told AFP, would offer 92,500 euros ($115,000, £73,300) next year to help renovate the eastern wing of Tutankhamun gallery.
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The Egyptian Museum - first opened in 1902 in Cairo's central Tahrir Square - contains 107 halls with artefacts dating from the prehistoric through to the Roman periods. The majority of the collection is focused on the era of the pharaohs.
The museum houses approximately 160,000 objects covering 5,000 years of Egypt's past.
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Tutankhamun
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• Reigned Egypt circa 1336BC-1327BC from the age of eight or nine
• Thought to be the son of Akhenaten, known as the "heretic king"
• Married his half sister, Ankhesenpaaten
• Was about 17 or 18 years old when he died
• The cause of his death is a mystery - he may have been assassinated, or died as the result of an injury received while hunting
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