We’re pretty lucky to live here, are we not? But what many people—both visitors and longtime Washingtonians—might overlook, is that in addition to the cathedrals of art lining the National Mall, the ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

The museum, which has cost more than $1 billion, spans about 5,209,000 square feet—the equivalent of 90 football fields—making it the largest archaeological museum in the world.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is a monumental showcase for all 5,000 of King Tut’s treasures—and a symbol of a nation that has reclaimed its past. A 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses the Great ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials ...

Not only are GEM’s facilities state of the art, the museum’s galleries, they have the space to showcase all 5,398 items from Tut’s tomb—far more than the 2,000 on display at the Egyptian ...