Egypt's $1 billion museum is finally open
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The Grand Egyptian Museum will have more than 100,000 artefacts on display, from Tutankhamun’s tomb treasures to pharaoh Khufu’s famed ‘solar boat’.View on euronews
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announces: At the invitation of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy and Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli will attend the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Egypt on November 1.
Egypt is preparing to inaugurate its new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in an official ceremony after multiple delays. Construction began in 2005, and the museum entered a partial trial opening phase in 2024. The official inauguration, originally scheduled for July 3, 2025, was postponed to the last quarter of the year due to regional conflicts.
Museum is putting on show three Egyptian statues, including one weighing 1.8 tonnes, ahead of main exhibition.
Their design was envisioned as a bridge between ancient history and modern innovation. ‘Designing a museum of this calibre, in such close proximity to a landmark as monumental and symbolic as the pyramids,