A: Apart from Pokemon, ancient Egyptian relics have attracted much attention lately.
B: Are you talking about the “King of Egypt: Pharaoh” exhibition at Tainan’s Chimei Museum? Apparently, it’s the largest exhibit of its kind ever in Taiwan.
A: Yup, Chimei is displaying 280 relics from The British Museum in London, causing a sensation since its opening last Thursday.
Photo: AFP 照片：法新社
B: And after nearly 20 years of planning and construction, Cairo’s massive Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has also been a global hit since its opening late last year. The GEM covers 500,000 square meters and boasts over 100,000 Egyptian artifacts
A: Let’s go to the Tainan exhibit during the Lunar New Year break, and start planning for our trip to Cairo.
A: 除了寶可夢外，最近古埃及文物也很吸睛耶。
B: 你是指台南奇美博物館《埃及之王：法老》展覽？聽說這是台灣歷年規模最大的古埃及特展。
A: 奇美這次展出倫敦大英博物館共280件文物，上週四才剛開幕就造成轟動。
B: 而開羅大埃及博物館籌建了近20年，去年底終於開幕也轟動全球！其總面積高達50萬平方公尺，珍藏超過10萬件文物。
A: 我們春節連假先去台南看展，之後再來計劃去開羅旅遊吧。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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