Egypt News » Giza News Egypt » Giza » Government: Grand Egyptian Museum to open near Giza Pyramids soon: A 20-year, billion-dollar tribute to ancient Egypt
After more than two decades of anticipation, Egypt is finally ready to unveil one of the most ambitious cultural projects in modern history, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Located near the Pyramids ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: With pharaoh-fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization
Egypt has inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum, the centerpiece of an effort to boost tourism and the country’s troubled economy. CAIRO — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: Egypt unveils new museum after years of delays
CAIRO — 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 ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: After Protests, Egypt Will Not Renovate a Pyramid at Giza After All
It was to be “the project of the century,” but a plan to restore one of the three pyramids of Giza with ancient stones has been scrapped. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: Egypt pyramid renovation proposal at Giza sparks backlash: ‘straightening the Tower of Pisa,’ critic says
A proposal to renovate one of the three iconic pyramids in Giza is getting some pushback from critics, one of whom likened such a venture to "straightening the Tower of Pisa." The project concerns the ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: Egypt’s Bid to Restore a Giza Pyramid Ignites Backlash From Archaeologists
A scheme recently unveiled to reconstruct one of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt has sparked backlash from archaeologists. In a video on January 25, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme ...
News Egypt » Giza » Government: Why Egypt? What China Wants from Its Partnership with Cairo
Egyptian and Chinese flags have proliferated along roads in Cairo and Giza, around Cairo International Airport and near the Grand Egyptian Museum in anticipation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ...