The grand opening of the GEM, which was set for July 3 – much delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises, and the COVID pandemic – has been postponed yet again.

More than 150 conservators and 100 archaeologists labored quietly for over a decade to restore thousands of artefacts for the ...

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli chaired a high-level meeting Tuesday, July 22, 2025, of the supreme committee tasked with organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opening ceremony, which is ...

I f you’re asking when the Grand Egyptian Museum opens, you are asking the wrong question. On a recent visit to Egypt, my family toured the stunning GEM, as this jewel is rightly called. While ...

After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara Davison travels to Cairo to find out if the treasures within are enough ...

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has denied recent claims on digital media platforms that the Grand Egyptian Museum ...

The very biggest news in Egypt, though, is the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), an estimated billion-dollar architectural marvel on an over 120-acre site on the Giza Plateau, near the pyramids and ...

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Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum has all the makings of must-see destination Impressive in size, design and content, the GEM’s opening may be tainted by politics and connotations of authoritarianism ...

The long anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is the largest archaeological museum in the world, recently opened its doors to the public with more than 100,000 artifacts.

At the GEM's wood lab, ... restoration of over 5,000 artifacts from King Tutankhamun’s collection has been completed in preparation for the Grand Egyptian Museum’s opening.

The long anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is the largest archaeological museum in the world, recently opened its doors to the public with more than 100,000 artifacts.