Inside $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum

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The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening
After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry,

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Egypt Post unveils commemorative stamps for Grand Egyptian Museum opening
Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
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: A $1bn showcase of civilisation
Inside the $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum as 50,000 artifacts go on display from Tutankhamun to Khufu’s solar boat
A 'Fourth Pyramid' Rises: Inside Egypt's New Grand Museum
The GEM will be the statue's final home after several relocations since its discovery in 1820 near a temple in ancient Memphis, south of Cairo.

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Great expectations: The world's biggest museum dedicated to Ancient Egypt opens its doors
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After a decade of delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens this week – we got a first look
Radio France Internationale

World’s largest museum devoted to ancient Egypt to open by Giza pyramids

After years of delays, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum – set to be the world’s largest devoted to ancient Egypt – will finally open its doors near the Giza pyramids.
Smithsonian Magazine

The Innovative History of the Artificial Limb Stretches as Far Back as Ancient Egypt

Made of wood and leather, this artificial toe, found in an ancient Egyptian tomb affixed to a noblewoman, is the oldest known prosthetic appendage. Shutterstock The world’s oldest known prosthesis is a superbly sculpted 3,000-year-old wooden toe.
insider.si.edu

A Review of Mid-Second Millennium B.C. Egyptian Glass Technology at Tell el-Amarna

Vandiver, Pamela B., Swann, C. P., and Cranmer, D. C. 1991. "A Review of Mid-Second Millennium B.C. Egyptian Glass Technology at Tell el-Amarna." In Materials Issues ...
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