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Egypt's $1 billion museum is finally open

Egypt's immense new antiquities museum opens after two-decade build

Dignitaries, including prime ministers and presidents from around the world, descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the long-delayed grand opening.

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

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Egypt's $1 billion museum is finally open after two decades

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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 c...

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Egypt set to open grand museum designed by Irish firm

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Grand Egypt Museum showcasing glory of the pharaohs finally opens

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Egypt opens grand museum in lavish, pharaonic ceremony

Observers caution that its long-term success depends on stable tourism and strong supporting infrastructure.

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

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More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures

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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 told NBC News.

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Egypt unveils Grand Egyptian Museum dedicated to its ancient civilisation

Cairo is set to open the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum that Egypt hopes will celebrate the nation’s heritage and also revitalise its struggling economy and tourism sector.

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Egypt unveils the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization

Egypt on Saturday is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, aiming to boost tourism and revitalize the economy

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Egypt opens vast museum by the Pyramids dedicated to ancient civilization

Grand Egyptian Museum costs around $1 billion, houses over 57,000 artifacts chronicling Egypt’s history - Anadolu Ajansı

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Scholars Thought Plague Emptied This Ancient Egyptian City. New Research Says Otherwise

For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

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Egypt reclaims its history as Africa’s cultural pride finally opens

The Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens – what took so long? - The Man Who Pays His Way: The builders have reached the finish line for Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum, and now the race to the past begin