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A look inside Egypt’s newly unveiled Grand Egyptian Museum

After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum opens its doors to the public on Tuesday.

2 decades in making, Egypt’s Grand Museum fully opens in gala ceremony

Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited ...
The New York Times

In Ancient Egypt, Severed Hands Were Spoils of War

Archaeologists offer a new explanation for one of the century’s grislier finds, “a carefully gathered collection of hands” in a 3,500-year-old temple. By Franz Lidz Aristotle called the hand the “tool ...

Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization; AP explains

Two decades in the making, the museum located near the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx showcases over 50,000 artifacts detailing life in ancient Egypt.
CNN

Skeletons reveal what life was like for elite scribes in ancient Egypt

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