Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

Egypt opens $1.2B Grand Museum, showcasing Tutankhamun’s tomb in full for the first time

Egypt has opened the Grand Egyptian Museum, a massive new archaeological museum. It showcases over 100,000 artefacts spanning ...

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 ...

With pharaoh-like fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on ...

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 ...

Egypt’s Grand Museum fully opens in gala ceremony after 2-decade build

Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by world leaders to mark the long-awaited full opening of the Grand ...
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A New Era in Egyptology: The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens its Doors

The Grand Egyptian Museum opened it doors on November 1, 2025. AUC community members weighed in on what the opening means for Egypt, Egyptology, and the world.

Egypt unveils Grand Museum featuring Tutankhamun tomb after a two-decade wait

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 richest ...

Grand Egyptian Museum opens after decades of delays

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza is one of the world's largest and opened on Saturday after decades of delays and a cost of ...