Ancient Egyptian cultural relics unveiled in Shanghai(1/6)

An Egyptian painted anthropoid coffin, known as "Green Coffin", is unboxed at the Shanghai Museum on June 17 before being officially unveiled to the public. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

The exhibition "On the Top of Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt" is ready to open to public and will feature 492 groups, comprising 788 artifacts from various eras of ancient Egyptian civilization.

An Egyptian heavy sarcophagus, "Green Coffin", is unboxed in Shanghai Museum on June 17 before being officially unveiled to the public. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

The photo shows the 210-centimeter-high statue of Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, is on exhibition at the Shanghai Museum on June 17. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

The photo shows the 210-centimeter-high statue of Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt at the Shanghai Museum on June 17. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

The statue of Akhenaten is to be unboxed in Shanghai Museum on June 17. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

The staff unbox the statue of Akhenaten in Shanghai Museum on June 17. (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)