Fruitful cooperation between Egypt, Japan in restoring Second Khufu Solar Ship, transfer of antiquities

Fruitful cooperation between Egypt, Japan in restoring Second Khufu Solar Ship, transfer of antiquities

CAIRO – 6 July 2021: The Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission, headed by President of Japan's Higashi Nippon International University and Honorary Professor at Waseda University Sakuji Yoshimura, has completed the exhumation of all the artifacts of the Second Khufu Ship from the pit discovered next to the Pyramid of Khufu [Cheops] in the Giza pyramids area, thus ending the largest operation to discover and extract the Second Khufu Ship. Director General of the Executive Affairs for Restoration at the Grand Egyptian Museum and supervisor of the restoration process of the second Khufu ship Issa Zidan explained that approximately 1,700 wooden pieces were extracted from 13 layers inside the pit, where the work of recording and documenting all pieces and the initial restoration of most of them had been completed, adding that, so far, 1,343 pieces have been transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Zidan further stated that preparations are underway to work on the second phase of the final restoration work and the necessary studies for assembling the ship to be displayed next to the First Khufu Solar Ship inside the new building designated for both ships, which is now being constructed at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Moreover, Yoshifumi Omura,