Egypt’s Grand Museum fully opens in gala ceremony after 2-decade build
The $1 billion project faced repeated setbacks.
CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) — one of the country’s most ambitious cultural projects — after several years of delay.
Over two decades in the making, the $1 billion museum — set close to the famed Pyramids of Giza, just outside the capital Cairo — is touted by officials as the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.
