Dr Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced that “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” in Tokyo has welcomed approximately 450,000 visitors since opening in March 2025.
Speaking at the 2026 Egyptian Archaeologists’ Day celebration at the Cairo Opera House, attended by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy and MP Sahar Talaat Mostafa, chair of the parliamentary Tourism and Civil Aviation Committee, he said “Treasures of the Pharaohs” in Rome, which opened in October, and “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” in Hong Kong had also recorded strong attendance.
The exhibition features 180 artefacts, notably the coffin of Ramses II from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. It also includes objects from his reign held at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, discoveries by the Egyptian mission in Saqqara’s Bubasteion area and items from other Egyptian museums.
The collection highlights distinctive aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation from the Middle Kingdom to the Late Period through statues, jewellery, cosmetic tools, stelae, carved stone blocks and painted wooden coffins.
The exhibition’s tour began in Houston in November 2021, followed by San Francisco in August 2022, Paris in April 2023, Sydney in November 2023 and Cologne in July 2024.
Following its run in Tokyo, the exhibition is preparing for its seventh stop in London at NEON Battersea Power Station. It is scheduled to open on February 28 and run until August 30, 2026.
