Directions: 30 Samcheong-ro, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. A short walk from Anguk Station (Line 3, Exit 1) or ...

After Egypt’s 1952 revolution, President Gamal Abdel Nasser embraced plans for the Aswan High Dam, an earth-fill embankment 111 metres high and 3.5 kilometres long. Begun in 1960 with Soviet ...

Join arts24 presenter Eve Jackson on an exclusive journey inside the Grand Egyptian Museum – a colossal cultural masterpiece ...

From gilded coffins to golden amulets, many of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s items have not undergone restoration since their 1922 discovery.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

A Billion-Dollar Gateway to 7,000 Years of History…  After decades of anticipation and billion-dollar ambition, Arts24, ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, reigned for 66 years during Egypt’s New Kingdom and became one of its most iconic rulers. Known for his ambitious construction projects, military ...

The construction of Pi-Ramesses, a new capital adorned with colossal statues in his likeness, testifies to his ambition. This city reflected the grandeur of his reign. Ramses II thus permanently ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great public works. He ruled Egypt for two-thirds of a cent ...

Visitors in the Grand Hall of the museum, where a colossal statue of Ramses II – moved from downtown Cairo in 2006 – now stands. Planned openings have come and gone since 2012.

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here’s a look inside.