After years of delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is officially opening next month. Here are seven highlights among its many ...

Once visitors get into the 7,000-meter lobby of the modern museum, they come across the huge statue of King Ramses II, which stands out in a way as if it invites them to an expedition that reveals the ...

1332–1323 BCE), museum CEO Ahmed Ghoneim told the Egypt Independent. The latest batch of King Tut artifacts to ... square-foot space filled with large statues such as the 3,200-year-old statue ...

Bolton Museum is to purchase a piece of Ancient Egyptian history to become a permanent part of its internationally acclaimed collection. The Egyptian Sandstone statue, measuring 30cm high dates ...

THE lost tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal doctor that dabbled in ... serving during the reign of King Pepi II. It's a "mastaba" tomb, which is a type of flat-roofed structure often used to ...

The caveat is that its prized King Tutankhamun collection ... 3,200-year-old Ramses II statue was the first piece to be moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum site back in 2006, and it is the first ...

Statues depicting the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet line the walls, some seated, some standing. Sphinxes rest, contemplative, their figures receding into space. Far away in this shimmering ...

The Grand Egyptian ... but the museum, which is set to fully open in the coming months, will be the largest archeological complex in the world, housing some of Egypt’s greatest treasures. Among the ...

Sarah Erdman A colossal statue of King Ramses II found in the ancient city of Memphis now lords over the atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Tamir Soliman/Shutterstock When Dutch Egyptologist ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 ... and artifacts that include sarcophagi and statues. Other parts of the museum, including the King Tutankhamun treasure collection, are set to open at ...

Egypt Reclaims 3,400-Year-Old Stolen Statue Of King Ramses II The statue is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but not on display. The artefact will be restored, the ministry said in a statement.