The Grand Egyptian Museum this Saturday morning hosted an event to set a new Guinness World Record for creating a painting of the mask of King Tutankhamun using 7,260 coffee cups arranged as a mosaic, as a symbol of love and welcome.
The event was attended by Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Tourism Affairs; Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities; Maj. Gen. Atef Moftah, General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum project and the surrounding area; and Talal Omar, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Guinness World Records.
The event came as part of the efforts made by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to promote and introduce the Grand Egyptian Museum ahead of its opening in the last quarter of 2020.
In this context, Ghada Shalaby expressed her happiness at attending her first special event in her new post, celebrating the setting of a new Guinness World Record, given its positive impact on promoting tourism to Egypt worldwide.
Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that this event is being hosted at the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest and most prestigious cultural and civilizational building in the world.
For his part, Talal Omar, Regional Director of Guinness World Records for the Middle East and North Africa, explained that this event combines the scent of history with the art of modern architecture embodied in the Grand Egyptian Museum building. To the tunes of the harp, a group of young Egyptians created the design of King Tutankhamun's mask during the event over an area of 60 square meters, in the plaza leading to the open-air restaurant area of the Grand Egyptian Museum, amid an atmosphere of enthusiasm and joy.
The event ended with Guinness World Records registering this artwork in its 2019 records in Egypt's name as the artwork made with the largest number of coffee cups, and a group of children with disabilities performed some patriotic songs in love of Egypt, in line with the educational and social goals of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
It is worth noting that a painting of the Mona Lisa using 3,604 coffee cups was previously recorded in Sydney, Australia, in 2009, and another painting made in Honolulu, United States, in 2012 using 5,642 coffee cups was also recorded.
