The Great Egyptian Museum, a “pharaonic” museum near the famous pyramids of Giza, opened its doors to the public on a trial basis today, and its lucky visitors were lucky enough to be dazzled by the size of the museum and the almost mystical radiance of its exhibits.

With the size of 80 football fields, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened to the public 12 rooms with exhibits from ancient Egypt, but just a tour of the open spaces is enough to impress the visitors of the museum.

As Al-Tayeb Abbas, assistant to Egypt’s antiquities minister, told AP, the museum in its trial operation will receive 4,000 visitors a day.

Indicatively, at the entrance of the Museum, a huge statue of Ramses II welcomes the public, preparing them for the journey through 700,000 years of Egyptian history (center photo).

In total, more than 100,000 items from Egypt’s ancient treasures will be displayed in the world’s largest archaeological museum, according to the Egyptian state information website.

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The official opening of the Museum, which has been under construction for at least 10 years in a socially troubled Egypt and has so far cost more than $1 billion, has not yet been announced.