Ancient Origins

Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens After 20-Year, $1Billion Construction

The Grand Egyptian Museum spans an impressive 500,000 square meters, making it the world's largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilization. Housing more than 100,000 artifacts ...

Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after two-decade wait

Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world's richest ...

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 ...

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

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.The ...

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

After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to ...

Grand Egyptian Museum set for a very grand opening after 3 decades and more than $1 billion

The Grand Egyptian Museum has taken 30 years to become a reality, but it is finally set to open its doors, with an equally ...
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Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts set to open after years of delays

The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign ...