CAIRO – Prime ministers, presidents, and royalty from around the globe gathered in Cairo on Saturday for the dazzling inauguration of Egypt’s long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a $1 billion project built near the Giza Pyramids to showcase one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The ceremony marked the completion of a two-decade effort […]
Tutankhamun
World leaders attend grand opening of Egypt’s museum
CAIRO — Heads of state, royalty, and dignitaries from around the world gathered in Cairo on Saturday for the glittering inauguration of Egypt’s long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a $1 billion cultural landmark situated near the iconic Pyramids of Giza. The event marked the culmination of more than two decades of planning and construction, which […]
Egyptologist presents theory of two queen rule before Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun, the boy king of ancient Egypt, came to power only after two of his sisters jointly held the throne, according to an Egyptologist at Canada’s Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM). Researchers have known for more than half a century that a queen had reigned before Tutankhamun, whose intact tomb was discovered in 1922, […]