A new Egyptian museum will be inaugurated at the Cairo International Airport at the end of October, according an Egyptian Antiquities Ministry's statement .
The museum, which will be opened in the transit hall of the airport's third terminal, will house a collection that spans multiple historical eras in Egypt's history, and thus will represent the different stages of Egyptian civilization.
The museum will encompass 38 artifacts that were selected from three of the greatest museums in Egypt: the Egyptian Museum, the Coptic Museum and the Museum of Islamic Art, according to the head of the Museums Sector, Ilham Salah.
The museum's collection will also include a number of unique pieces such as a schist palette that dates back to ancient Egypt's pre-dynastic period and a statue of an ancient Egyptian writer that dates back to the fifth dynasty.
In addition, the collection also includes a group of statues that date back to the Greek and Roman periods, iconic Coptic pieces that date back to the 18th century and a group of coins, Qurans and embellished plates that date back to Egypt's different Islamic eras.
The "Airport Museum" will therefore act as a brief introductory exhibition of Egyptian history and civilization for incoming tourists, business travelers and those transiting through the airport.
The airport project has come as a part of the latest string of Egyptian museums inaugurated to promote tourism, such as the "Age of the Pyramids' Builders" exhibition the ministry is inaugurating in Tokoyo on Thursday.
The exhibition will then go on to display 120 Old Kingdom artifacts in eight main Japanese cities for the duration of 25 months. Antiquities minister Mamdouh El-Damaty said that the exhibition is expected to bring in 2 million USD.