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 ...
Cairo's newest attraction is the Grand Egyptian Museum, a modern testament to one of the world's oldest civilizations. Jane Pauley reports on the opening of the museum, whose collection includes ...
CAIRO — 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 ...
CAIRO — 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 ...
CAIRO — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ...
The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take ...
There’s something for art lovers, history buffs, and even fans of Hip Hop. The buildings themselves are not to be overlooked, ...
Until this past April, the gates of the Mena House Hotel—the de facto entrance to the Giza pyramids plateau since the late 19th century—were teeming with street vendors, tour brokers, horses and ...
The Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to the public on Tuesday after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and heads of state. Egypt’s new museum opens to public after lavish ...