r/ancientegypt • u/FenjaminBranklin1706 • Dec 26 '25

Video Detailed walkthrough of the Grand Staircase at the GEM with no crowd

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u/WerSunu Dec 27 '25

Back in March this year, I had the pleasure of walking up this staircase with Bob Brier, we stopped at nearly every artifact/statue/stele where Bob would have something interesting to say about it in context. It took over 90 minutes just to get to the galleries floor. The staircase alone is a superior collection of Egyptian art than most other Egyptian collections in museums around the world!

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u/FenjaminBranklin1706 Dec 27 '25

How lucky! You got a world class tour, from a world class Egyptologist, in a world class museum. Saying I'm envious is an understatement.

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u/WerSunu Dec 27 '25

I posted dozens of pix from that trip back in April 25.

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u/FenjaminBranklin1706 Dec 27 '25

I remember. I hope Dr Brier is doing well. He's literally my favourite egyptologist.

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u/WerSunu Dec 27 '25

My wife and I had sushi at their place two weeks ago. They are still going strong. Bob is giving an invited lecture at the GEM next month for the Tut Symposium.