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Egypt Unveils $1 Billion Grand Museum

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More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures

On Saturday, Egypt’s showpiece museum officially opens its doors after innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks.

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Netherlands says it will return stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after Grand Egyptian Museum opening

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Egypt’s Grand Museum fully opens in gala ceremony after 2-decade build

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Egypt officially opens grand museum near pyramids

Cairo has pinned great hopes on the long-delayed museum, which is a key plank of plans to revive the tourism industry so vital to its troubled economy.

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The UK should consider returning cultural artifacts to the Grand Egyptian Museum: Global Times editorial

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

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Egypt opens huge, $1 billion landmark museum dedicated to its past

The Grand Egyptian Museum has taken 30 years to become a reality, but finally opened its doors, with an equally grand opening ceremony.

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Decades in the making, Egypt's Grand Museum opens with a huge spectacle

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.

Anadolu Agency

Egypt opens vast museum by the Pyramids dedicated to ancient civilization

Grand Egyptian Museum costs around $1 billion, houses over 57,000 artifacts chronicling Egypt’s history - Anadolu Ajansı

Egypt Independent

GEM project a symbol of Egyptian-Japanese strategic partnership: Egypt’s amb.

CAIRO, Oct 18 (MENA) – The official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) comes after the Sharm al-Sheikh Peace Summit, Egypt’s Ambassador to Japan Ragui al-Etreby said, affirming Egypt’s deep belief in the important role of culture and peace ...

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Armstrong Fluid Technology brings 90 years of expertise to preserve Egypt’s ancient legacy at the Grand Egyptian Museum

Partnering with Gabtic Engineering, Armstrong supplied a complete suite of HVAC pumping systems and pressurization units

CBS News

Radar detects long-lost river in Egypt, possibly solving ancient pyramid mystery

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the famous monuments.