Inside the world's largest archeology museum - the Grand Egyptian Museum in pictures
A visitor looks out towards the Giza pyramid complex at the world's largest archeological museum, which is slated to fully open this summer outside of Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images
The museum's main hall. Sprawling over more than 100 acres and featuring some 100,000 artifacts, it is the largest museum devoted to a single civilization. Photograph: Daniel Greenhouse/Alamy
A statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the museum's main hall. Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak first proposed the museum in 1992, and construction on the project began in 2005. Photograph:After years of delays due to political unrest and the Covid-19 pandemic, parts of the museum opened in 2023 to limited tours. Photograph: Tamer Adel/Alamy
The museum's grand opening is slated for 3 July 2025. Photograph: Robin Jerstad/Alamy
Officials have said they expect the museum to draw 5 million visitors per year. Photograph: Robin Jerstad/Alamy
Photograph:The top of the main building is level with the Giza pyramids. Photograph: GEM
The building's facade pays tribute to the nearby pyramids and is made of translucent alabaster stone. Photograph: Tamer Adel/Alamy
The original Egyptian Museum, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, will continue to operate. Photograph: robertharding/Alamy
However many of its artifacts, including those from the reign of Tutankhamun, have been or will be relocated to the new museum. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images
The final transportation and installation of a granite statue of Ramses II in 2018. Officials spent years assembling the museum's collection. Photograph: Barry Iverson/Alamy
Today the statue presides over the museum's main hall. Photograph:Designers say the building's climate-smart designs – which include a reflective roof, external shading and resource-efficient lighting – help it save more than 60% in energy costs and reduce water use by a third. Photograph: David Ribeiro/Alamy
An Egyptian archeologist works next to the gilded coffin of King Tutankhamun, which underwent an eight-month restoration process, the first since the tomb was discovered in 1922. Around 150 conservators and researchers work on-site restoring and studying artifacts. Many of the artifacts on display are being shown to the public for the first time.
Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/EPA
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