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Barcelona footballing legend Carles Puyol visits Giza pyramids, new museum

Nevine El-Aref , Friday 27 May 2016

The Spanish football player was given a tour of the not-yet-open Grand Egyptian Museum

Tarek Tewfik with Carles Puyol at the museum
Tarek Tewfik with Carles Puyol at the museum

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Former Barcelona football club captain and Spanish international Carles Puyol visited the Giza pyramids and the as-yet-unopened Grand Egyptian Museum on Friday.

Guided by Tarek Tewfik, the museum's supervisor, the former European and world champion was shown the state-of-the-art laboratory at the museum and told about the details of its coming collections. Tewfik told Ahram Online that Puyol expressed his desire to attend the museum's upcoming official opening. 

Puyol also visited the Giza pyramids.

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Puyol riding a camel at the Giza pyramids

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Tarek Tewfik and Carles Puyol at the Sphinx

Tarek Tewfik with Carles Puyol at the museum
Tarek Tewfik with Carles Puyol at the museum

 

 

 

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