Egypt's Grand Museum opens after many delays

We visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum, a spacious museum outside Cairo dedicated to displaying artifacts from ancient Egypt. It has finally opened its doors after decades of planning and construction ...
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Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum finally set to open this month – 11 years later than planned

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old relic: Simon Calder (right) and a 36ft-high statue of Ramses II in the atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (Charlotte Hindle) ...

U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum

Senior career diplomats at the U.S. State Department are effectively being forced into retirement. It’s a loss of talent that ...
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The World's Largest Archaeological Museum Just Opened in Cairo, and It's More Than Just Ancient Artifacts—Here’s a Look Inside

After 20 years, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally open. Twenty years of planning and construction. A billion-dollar budget. Nearly 50,000 artifacts spanning more than 5,000 years. The numbers ...
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A Look Inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, Now Fully Open

After decades of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally-and fully-open to the public, thanks to the debut of its long-awaited Tutankhamun galleries. The new exhibition, which gathers ...
Chicago Tribune

With pharaoh-fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization

Egypt on Saturday was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the world’s largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the country’s tourism ...
Hyperallergic

Is the Egyptian Museum Under Threat? [UPDATE 23] Looters Got Into Museum, Destroyed 2 Mummies

News Is the Egyptian Museum Under Threat? [UPDATE 23] Looters Got Into Museum, Destroyed 2 Mummies Al-Jazeera is reporting a troubling development at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Qatar-based news ...
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Museums should ask questions. But does Cairo’s new Grand Egyptian project provoke too many?

There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Two decades in the making, more than $1bn (€870m) spent and ...
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Grand Egyptian Museum

U.S. News Insider Tip: The museum's gift shop is probably the best in the entire country. It has a huge collection of premium quality souvenirs within all budgets, including keychains, notebooks, ...