Egyptian Art

Inside $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum

Inside $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum as 50,000 artifacts go on display

More than 30 years in the making, the colossal Grand Egyptian Museum will formally open its doors to the public in a lavish ceremony on Saturday. The $1bn project will be the planet’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation,

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Never-Before-Seen King Tut Treasures Go On View at Grand Egyptian Museum

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Tutankhamun set to debut at delayed Grand Egyptian Museum opening

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More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures

On Saturday, Egypt’s showpiece museum officially opens its doors after innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks.

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Grand Egyptian Museum to open after decades of anticipation, showcasing 50,000 artifacts

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Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time

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Egypt's $1 billion museum is finally open after two decades

There are several permanent exhibitions in 24,000 square feet of the museum, which also boasts a children’s museum, educational and conference facilities, and a large conservation center.

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The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening with exhibits catered to Gen Z and a collection rivaling the Louvre

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Egypt hopes vast new museum by the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival

Are We in the Midst of Another Egyptian Revival?

Woolworth, realized in 1920 by architect John Russell Pope in the Egyptian Revival style. Think: hieroglyphic-lined pillars and an entrance flanked by two sphinxes. Interestingly, as our guide pointed out,

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A Multimillion-Dollar Museum and Star-Powered Installations Are Arriving in Egypt. But Its Art Scene Remains Desperate and Disenfranchised

Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, founder and director of Art d’Egypte, had good intentions when she launched an itinerant art exhibition of public art commissions in downtown Cairo in 2017. Calling the show “a fusion between heritage and contemporary art and the ...

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Ancient Egyptian Gods Return to the New York’s Met in New Exhibition

For the first time in more than a decade, the ancient gods of Egypt have taken over New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled Divine Egypt, a new exhibition that brings toge

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3 to See: Dia de los Muertes party; 'Rembrandt's Time' and 'Egyptian Pharoahs' exhibits

“Egyptian Pharaohs: From Cheops to Ramses II:” On view through March 31. Tickets start at $45 for adults; $35 for seniors, students, military, and first responders; and free for children under 12. South Florida PBS Studios, 3401 S. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach. Info: southfloridapbs.org.

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The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something eight-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.

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Freer Gallery celebrates its namesake and his eye for Egyptian art

‘A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt’ shows that Charles Lang Freer may not always have known what he was buying, but he knew what he liked In a hallway of the Freer Gallery, you’ll find “Head of a Pharaoh,” a sleek stone-and-copper bust that’s ...

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First-of-Its-Kind Art Installation Appears to Levitate the Tip of a Giza Pyramid

JR's Greetings From Giza is one of ten enormous art installations featured in the "Forever Is Now" exhibition. Courtesy of JR The landscape of Egypt’s Giza Plateau and its famed pyramids has changed dramatically over the millennia. When it was first ...