Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens in Sight of the Pyramids After Decades of Setbacks

New Egypt Museum Takes “Grand Opening” a Bit Too Far

The long-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza opened to the public on Tuesday, November 4, after a dramatic pyrotechnic inauguration ceremony attended by local and European leaders last weekend. Twenty years after the $1 billion construction of the museum began, more than 5,000 items from King Tutankhamun’s tomb will go on display for the first time since British archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the resting place in 1922. A websi…

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s astonishing arrival

Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens in Sight of the Pyramids After Decades of Setbacks

A $1 billion museum built to showcase the finest of ancient Egyptian artifacts has finally been opened in Giza after more than 2 decades of planning, building, and setbacks. Fireworks and drone light shows lit up the desert night. Below, a gala of Egyptian elite, heads of state, and foreign dignitaries gathered around the spectacular […] The post Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens in Sight of the Pyramids After Decades of Setbacks appeared firs…

A First Look at the 36 Ancient Artifacts the US Just Handed Over to Egypt

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced last week that it had recieved 36 artifacts looted from the country and later recovered by US authorities. The pieces, the agency said, are set to be deposited with Egyptian Museum, though it did not specify if this was the older museum in Cairo, or the glitzy new Grand Egyptian Museum in nearby Giza, which finally had its grand opening earlier this month after two decades in construction a…