A stunning statue of King Ramesses II, 38 feet tall and 3,200 years old ... The Gift Shop itself, full of quality Egyptian ...

Initially slated to launch in 2012, the mega-project – which has suffered several setbacks – has opened 12 of its galleries ...

The GEM, as it is known, is intended largely to replace the existing Egyptian Museum on Tahrir ... by a 3,200-year-old 36-foot statue of Ramses II. It is so vast that the building was constructed ...

And if, like so many potential visitors, you have been waiting for the Grand Egyptian Museum to open ... old statue of the formidable pharaoh Ramesses II Credit: Shutterstock Because the GEM ...

according to The British Museum. Ramesses II was one of the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom (circa 1550 to 1070 B.C.), which saw a resurgence in Egyptian traditions after a period of ...

A 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s wish that he would one day speak to ... Active during the turbulent reign of Ramses XI, who ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

Pictures have also revealed a museum set to display more than 100,000 ancient antiquities, including King Tut's remains. The ...

They have been dead for almost 3,000 years, but the mummified Egyptian remains at Chicago's Field Museum all have a new set ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) recently welcomed Mr. Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, and Mrs. Yuriko Koike, the Mayor of Tokyo, Japan, ...

Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is finally expected ... which is dominated by a 3,200-year-old 36-foot statue of Ramses II. It is so vast that the building was constructed around it.

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...