Egypt unveils a huge new museum
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Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for its lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays.The GEM will be the statue's final home after several relocations since its discovery in 1820 near a temple in ancient Memphis,
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 told NBC News.
THE world’s biggest museum has finally opened to the public – with the incredible gallery boasting rooms of ancient gold and a “cursed” coffin. The Grand Egyptian Museum
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What If Egypt’s Lost Pyramid Was Never Meant for Humans
Five miles northwest of Giza lies a site that shouldn’t exist - the so-called Pyramid of Abu Rawash. Officially, it was built by Khufu’s son, Djedefre, but the ruins don’t match any known Egyptian design.
Thousands of years and conspiracies have all led to this: the Great Pyramid of Giza may have been built using the basic pulley technology.
There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat-topped mounds made mostly of mud, but Djoser’s ...