Two decades after groundbreaking, the Grand Egyptian Museum finally opened last November—roughly the same amount of time it took to build the Great Pyramid next door. Spanning 5.4 million square feet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The GEM is one of the largest museums in the world, and the largest dedicated to a single civilization: ancient Egypt. Its subject ...

Cairo — Egypt's government will host dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it holds an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors walk next the 3,200-year-old pink-granite colossal statue of King Ramses II at the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum, ...

The story of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s official opening is nearly as enigmatic as the building of the ancient 4,600-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. Since the first block was laid for the building’s ...

As a little girl, Egypt always fascinated me. While a lot of my friends were gobbling up American Girl books (don’t worry, I was too), I took a hard left and became mildly obsessed. Egyptian culture ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

Since the late 19th-century, Egypt has continued to offer up astounding archaeological treasures, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The discovery of yet another pharaoh’s tomb, that of King ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Keep moving” orders a voice deep from the abyss, as a length of people, as far as the eye can see, try to avoid bashing their ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...