Condé Nast TravelerNov 3, 2025
Inside the Long-Awaited Opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum
After several phases of launch, Giza's newest landmark can now be explored in full.
19 things in this story
- Grand Egyptian MuseumMuseumworld’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization
- Pyramids of GizaNeighborhoodmuseum is a "fourth pyramid" in its own right
- Great SphinxPublic artworkorchestra performed at its foot
- Abu SimbelSightIt is located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km (140 mi) southwest of Aswan.
- Fatma SaidPlaceoperatic soprano who performed at the GEM
- Amira and Mariam AbouzahraPlaceviolin duo who performed at the GEM
- Ramses II statuePublic artwork36-foot-high statue in main atrium
- Tutankhamun GalleryMuseumdisplays over 5,900 artifacts in its entirety
- Egyptian MuseumMuseumformer display location for Tutankhamun artifacts
- King KhufuPlacecommissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza
- Great Pyramid of GizaSightcommissioned by King Khufu
- Hatshepsut TempleSight
- Luxor TempleSight
- Philae TempleSight
- St. George ChurchPlace of worship
- Saladin CitadelSight
- Al Muizz StreetNeighborhood
- Khufu solar boatsSight
- Tutankhamun collectionMuseum
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