US EditionJapan-Supported Grand Egyptian Museum Fully Opens
The museum features over 100,000 artefacts, including King Tutankhamun's treasures, showcasing Egypt's ancient civilization to 79 international delegations, including 39 heads of state.
- On Saturday, the Grand Egyptian Museum officially opened at a ceremony attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife Entissar Amer El Sisi, with a $1 billion launch event.
- More than two decades in the making, the GEM faced repeated delays tied to political unrest, regional conflicts and the Covid-19 pandemic, with construction resuming after early setbacks funded largely by Japan on a site spreading nearly half a million square metres on the Giza Plateau.
- Inside, King Tutankhamun's complete treasures of more than 5,000 objects are displayed, while the main atrium houses an 83-tonne statue of Ramses II and the Grand Staircase features around 60 artifacts.
- Tourism officials say Sherif Fathy, Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister, expects the GEM to draw 5 million visitors annually and the government aims to double arrivals from 15.7 million in 2024 to 30 million by 2030.
- President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said, `We are writing a new chapter of the history of the present and the future in the story of this ancient nation.
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Egypt: President Isaias Attends Inauguration of Egypt's Grand Museum
Asmara, 02 November 2025 -- President Isaias Afwerki attended the inauguration ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum held yesterday in Giza, overlooking Egypt's three great Pyramids. The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization.
The Grand Egyptian Museum, located in the immediate vicinity of the pyramids of Giza, has been inaugurated, home to the largest collection of artifacts from ancient Egyptian civilization in the world. The spectacular show was accompanied by magnificent fireworks, an orchestra, numerous actors and singers. In the sky above the museum, pharaohs were brought to life with the help of drones, who also walked around the venue in "human form". The open…
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