Latest in Tag: Grand Egyptian Museum Highlight
Latest in Tag: Grand Egyptian Museum

Egypt, Japan discuss latest developments at Grand Egyptian Museum
Coalition providing services at GEM to be announced in next few days

Accelerating tourism recovery, GEM promotion top ETPB priorities in 2021: CEO
Global competition between countries is currently in rate or pace of how fast recovery could be,says Ahmed Youssef

Tourism Minister follows up on Grand Museum construction, promotion
Minister inspects progress of transferring artefacts to new museum

GEM’s upcoming catalogue to act as one of museum’s most important promotional treasures
The Grand Egyptian Museum’s (GEM) soon-to-be-printed catalogue is set to serve as one of the museum’s most important promotional treasures.

Newly-formed Grand Egyptian Museum Board of Directors holds 1st meeting
Atef Moftah, General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), said that 97% of the museum has been completed, compared to the 2016 figure of 17%.

Grand Egyptian Museum to showcase world’s first hanging obelisk
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will feature over 50,000 artefacts from Ancient Egypt, including full collection of King Tutankhamun

Prime Minister forms Grand Egyptian Museum’s Board of Directors
Museum’s Board will be headed by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani

Grand Egyptian Museum obtains ISO certification for environment, quality management
Atef Miftah, the general supervisor for the project and the surrounding area, said that the first certificate is for the environmental management system, ISO 14001: 2015, and the second is for the quality management system, ISO 9001: 2015.

No intention to appoint foreign director for Grand Egyptian Museum: Al-Anani
Egypt receives over 500,000 tourists between July and 14 November, says Tourism Minister

Grand Egyptian Museum to be ready next June, but opening ceremony in H2 of 2021: Al-Anani
His remarks came on Thursday, during his speech at the week-long virtual “Egypt’s Green Economy” programme, organised by the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) and the Egyptian-British Chamber of Commerce (EBCC).

CNN releases promotional documentary on Grand Egyptian Museum
Clips of some of the treasures belonging to the boy Pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, are featured in the documentary

Al-Mashat highlights Discovery’s 1st promotional video for GEM
Khaled Al-Anany said that the opening ceremony of GEM planned by end of 2020

The world awaits the GEM’s inauguration in 2020: Japanese ambassador
Japan will excitingly encourage the Egyptian players including the Football National Team and the Egyptian Judo team, the ambassador assured, noting that the Egyptian-Japanese relations will continue to strengthen next year.

Grand Egyptian Museum receives 140 artefacts
The transferred relics will be showcased at the old kingdom hall at the GEM, while the others will be on display over the stairs of the museum.

Four giant relics moved to GEM from Egyptian Museum
The giant relics were displayed at the garden of the Egyptian Museum, and they were moved to be displayed at one of the GEM’s most capturing areas.

Restoration of Tanta Museum completed, ready for reopening end-August
The museum will also display banners and graphics telling the story of Al-Sayed Al-Badawi, a relative of the Prophet Mohammed, local media said.

Khufu Ship relics transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
Antiquities to undergo restoration along with Tutankhamun’s golden coffin

Hawas presents booklet of Tutankhamun’s GEM displayed relics
The GEM is planned to have the whole collection of Tutankhamun’s monuments

Grand Egyptian Museum revives tourism even before official inauguration
Construction work of museum due to end by mid- 2019, over 45,000 artefacts safely found home; GEM Director

Al-Sisi inspects GEM, Rawd Al–Faraj axis projects: presidency
Museum expected to be officially inaugurated in 2020

Grand Egyptian Museum receives another collection of Tutankhamen’s belongings
Antiquities belong to several ancient Egyptian eras varying from Egypt’s Old Kingdom until Late period

King Senusert’s giant head transferred to GEM for display restoration
Following the preparations for the Grand Egyptian Museum’s (GEM) soft opening, planned to take place next year, the giant head of the statue of King Senusert I was transferred on Friday from the Ministry of Antiquities’ storehouse at Salaheddin Citadel to the museum, in order to be restored and prepared to be among the displays …

Opera about Tutankhamun’s life celebrates opening of Grand Egyptian Museum
Play is written by Zahi Hawas, features dramatic events of young pharaoh’s short life

Qualified companies for GEM operation bids to be announced by mid-August: Nasr
Project’s first stage will be inaugurated in Q1 2019, says antiquities minister

Tutankhamun’s last chariot arrives at Grand Egyptian Museum
Striding to another step on the path of collecting all of Tutankhamun’s belongings at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) before its opening planned to take place this year, the Ministry of Antiquities, with the help of armed forces, transferred on Saturday the sixth and last of Tutankhamen’s chariots from the Military Museum at the Citadel …

Fire erupts at Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza
No losses recorded because of fire

GEM prepares for high-level international participation at opening ceremony
Japanese co-financed project to be complete by December, open end-January

Egypt to inaugurate Grand Egyptian Museum in H2 2018
We received new $450m loan from Japan to complete museum, Tawfik says

Ramses II colossus to finally settle at Grand Egyptian Museum
400-metre journey cost EGP 13.6m, has been prepared for 3 months

Ramses II colossus to be erected at Grand Egyptian Museum display spot
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anany approved on Monday the final preparations for transferring the colossus of Ramses II to the final location it is planned to be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), to be opened in 2018. The statue is planned to be transferred from its current location in the GEM’s storage to …