Egypt unveils a huge new museum
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In the works for decades, the massive, often overwhelming museum has finally opened to the public, displaying a trove of objects from King Tut’s tomb and countless other treasures.
After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to life.
The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt three years after the head turned up at an art fair and exhibition in Maastricht.
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.