For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director told NBC News.

The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., is carved into the hillside on the west bank of the Nile River in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.

Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered an ancient fortress that was built along the historic military road referenced in the Book of Exodus.

Long before greenhouse gasses had been discovered or scientists could fathom rising global temperatures, the world's largest superpower was confronted with the terrifying reality of climate change. Of course, the year wasn't A.D. 2018 but B.C. 1250.

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

The exhibit appeared in Houston; San Francisco; Sydney, Paris, and Cologne before arriving in Japan in March. Continued demand has extended its scheduled run at Crevia Base Tokyo, a cavernous theater in front of the famous Toyosu fish market, past Oct. 31 to Jan. 4, 2026.

"We've all dreamed of this project and whether it would really come true," Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told a press conference, calling the museum a "gift from Egypt to the wh