Egypt hopes vast new museum by the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival

By Hatem Maher CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian officials are hoping the inauguration of a vast new museum on Saturday will ...

Step inside $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum: From first-ever display of Tutankhamun’s entire tomb to 50,000 artefacts

History comes alive in Cairo as the Grand Egyptian Museum reveals Tutankhamun’s full tomb and 7,000 years of Egyptian heritage under one roof. Check out pics.
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Danish Foreign Minister Gifts LEGO Pyramid to Celebrate Grand Egyptian Museum Opening

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen gifted Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty a LEGO model of the Great Pyramid of Khufu during their meeting in Cairo on Saturday, 1 November, during ...

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 ...