World’s largest museum devoted to ancient Egypt to open by Giza pyramids

Visitors walk next the 3,200-year-old pink-granite colossal statue of King Ramses II at the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum, in Giza on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on 7 February, 2025, © AFP - Khaled Desouki

After years of delays, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum – set to be the world’s largest devoted to ancient Egypt – will finally open its doors near the Giza pyramids.

The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which has been more than twenty years in the making, had been slated to open its doors back in 2013.