CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a megaproject aiming to give the country’s millennia-old heritage a rich, modern display.

History: The Egyptian Pyramids are the oldest and only surviving member of the ancient wonders.

Grand Egyptian Museum costs around $1 billion, houses over 57,000 artifacts chronicling Egypt’s history - Anadolu Ajansı

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen gifted Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty a LEGO model of the Great Pyramid of Khufu during their meeting in Cairo on Saturday, 1 November, during

A vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo on Saturday, November 1, after countless delays over the course of its two-decade construction,

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.

Egypt has officially opened the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the world’s largest museum dedicated to ancient civilisation, near the iconic Giza Pyramids and Sphinx. Spanning over 500,000 square feet,