The Economic Crisis in Egypt Raises Another Dilemma: Tipping

Waiters and deliverymen receive tips. But so do receptionists, government clerks and hospital nurses. And with Egypt stuck in ...

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 ...

Explore the Grand Egyptian Museum: A new home for 7,000 years of history and Tutankhamun’s treasures

Head to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, housing Tutankhamun’s treasures and Ramses the Great’s obelisk, near the Pyramids ...

3,000-year-old Egyptian fortress uncovered along route tied to biblical Exodus

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a 3,000-year-old fortress along the Horus Military Road, which was referenced in the Book ...

Long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum inaugurated with lavish ceremony

Egypt held the official inauguration of the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Pyramids on Saturday, in a lavish ceremony with dancers and stars wearing colourful and golden pharaonic ...
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‘A very successful story’: An Egypt tribe welcomes tourists & protects its coast

In the south of Egypt’s Wadi El Gemal protected area, where the desert meets the Red Sea, lies Al-Qula’an, a small village ...

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 ...

Egypt opens Grand Egyptian Museum, centerpiece of its tourism industry

The colossal project dates back to the 1990s. The huge site, next to the pyramids of Giza, is billed as the largest museum in ...

Met Museum’s first Egypt show in over a decade brings ancient gods and goddesses to life

The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the ...

Kratos voice actor Christopher Judge says he hopes the next God of War is set in Egypt while making a hypothetical sequel sound pretty unhypothetical: 'I have no d…

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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 ...