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Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
The Hetepheres collection now sits among the thousands of incredible artefacts at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum ... I saw was the famed 83-ton Ramses II statue that guards the vast ...
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Egypt’s gem of a museum gears up for grand opening
CAIRO – Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts ...
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Was the great Pharaoh Ramesses II a true redhead?
Ramesses II - the third Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty - lived to the grand old age of 91 and is regarded as ... and is now on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Professor Rosalie ...
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Twice as big as Paris’ Louvre, how Grand Egyptian Museum is expected to increase tourism
Nestled near the Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamen’s golden treasures, is preparing ...
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The incredible new £775m museum that will be world's biggest when it opens later this year
A museum in Egypt that cost £775 ... modern ancient Greek and Roman periods of Egyptian history. A magnificent 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II, which had previously stood in Ramses Square ...
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Egypt's gem of a museum gears up for grand opening
Nestled near the iconic Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing for a lavish opening, featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including ...
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Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
But is visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum before it’s fully open worth it ... Upon entry, the first thing I saw was the famed 83-ton Ramses II statue that guards the vast grey interiors of the GEM ...