The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo held its inaugural event on Saturday, drawing a huge amount of media and online attention to the beautiful new 258,000-square-foot facility with a massive drone and fireworks display.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hailed the opening of the museum, after almost 20 years of construction, as an “exceptional event in the history of human culture and civilization.”
Construction was greatly delayed by political instability, including the “Arab Spring” disruptions of 2011 and the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic of 2020. President Sisi has championed completion of the project ever since he took power in a…
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