The ongoing exhibition at Shanghai Museum, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, received its 1 millionth visitor on Nov 25.

Accepting a souvenir from Chu Xiaobo, director of Shanghai Museum, 21-year-old Hua Jiawen, a university student from Changzhou, Jiangsu province, told the media that she and several schoolmates were art majors.

"We made the appointment to see the ancient Egypt exhibition in order to have some learning experience," Hua said. "I didn't expect I would be so lucky, to be the 1 millionth visitor!"

According to the Shanghai Museum, 70 percent of the visitors to the exhibition were not from Shanghai. Since its opening on July 18, the museum has raked in more than 142 million yuan ($19.57 million) from sales of exhibition-related merchandise.

So far, a total of 1.3 million tickets have been sold for the exhibition, with expectations that the On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt exhibition could break the new record for having the largest number of visitors to a touring exhibition of Egyptian cultural relics all over the world.

Going on to Aug 17, 2025, the exhibition marks the largest showcase of ancient Egyptian artifacts in Asia, featuring 788 objects selected from seven institutions around Egypt. It also marks the first comprehensive collaboration between an official Chinese museum and the Egyptian government.