The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will close its iconic Tutankhamun Gallery starting 20 October to allow for the transfer of the last of the boy king’s treasures to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which opens its doors on 1 November.

The move marks the final stage of a landmark relocation project that will see the entire collection of more than 5,000 artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun displayed together for the first time in a single hall at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).