For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director told NBC News.

Egypt at last opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday as performers dressed in white tunics embroidered with designs inspired by ancient frescoes, greeted guests."Today, as we celebrate together the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum,

Many of the 50,000 artifacts in the GEM were moved from the Egyptian Museum, a packed, century-old building in downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Others were recently unearthed from ancient cemeteries, including the Saqqara necropolis, another complex of pyramids and tombs about 14 miles (22 kilometers) south of the museum.

Lightning effects depicting the sarcophagus Egyptian King Tutankhamun light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo on November 1, 2025. — AFP pic

The pyramid was first discovered by a British archaeologist in 1889. Cairo, Egypt -- A roughly 4,000-year-old mud-brick Egyptian pyramid is opening to the public for the first time this week, according to the north African nation's antiquities ministry.

Horses and camels used to ferry tourists in Egypt are abused and left to die near the pyramids, investigation says - Exclusive: Egypt introduced a bus alternative last year, but animals are still being abused and left to rot near tourist sites,

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