The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities sponsored an event at the soon-to-be-opened Grand Egyptian Museum to set a new Guinness Record for the largest mosaic created with paper cups of coffee. The previous record for coffee cup mosaics was set in the U.S. state of Hawaii in 2012, when 5,642 cups of coffee were used to replicate singer Elvis Presley's face. That mosaic eclipsed one set in 2009 in Sydney, Australia of the Mona Lisa, using 3,604 coffee cups.
Egypt Breaks Guinness Record for Coffee Cup Mosaic
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7,260 paper coffee cups were used to create a mosaic of King Tutankhamun's burial mask. (H. Elrasam/VOA)
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Officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Egyptian Defense Ministry attended the event. (H. Elrasam/VOA)
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The mosaic made with 7,260 coffee cups set a new Guinness record. (H. Elrasam/VOA)
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More than 30 stewards helped prepare the cups of coffee and varying amounts of milk . (H. Elrasam/VOA)