World leaders, including monarchs, heads of state and governments, were to attend the grand opening ceremony in the Egyptian ...

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Few stories intertwine history and myth as dramatically as the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb; and the fate of the man who sponsored its discovery ...

In 1939, French archaeologist Pierre Montet uncovered a royal tomb in the lost city of Tanis — a find so extraordinary it rivaled, and arguably surpassed, the treasures of Tutankhamun. Inside lay ...

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.

After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens its doors to the public on Tuesday.

There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the ...

After decades in development, Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening near the Pyramids of Giza outside of Cairo.

Zahi Hawass told an Israeli reporter that the Grand Egyptian Museum was ’open to everyone in the world’ when asked if ...

After several decades in development, Egypt formally opened the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, unveiling what officials called the world’s largest archaeological museum in a star-studded ceremony ...

In Egypt, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum in the world dedicated to ancient Egyptian civilization, was ...