Overview
- An elaborate night-time ceremony at the pyramids featured drones, fireworks and an orchestra, drawing 39 heads of state and royalty, including Spain’s King Felipe VI.
- The complex reunites roughly 100,000 artifacts, showcasing for the first time the complete 5,000-piece Tutankhamun assemblage.
- Officials say full public access begins on 4 November, with targets of about 15,000 visitors per day and forecasts near five million annually.
- Costing about $1–1.2 billion with major Japanese financing, the Heneghan Peng–designed museum includes immersive galleries, open restoration labs and an atrium anchored by a colossal Ramses II statue.
- Authorities tightly controlled security and coverage, accrediting hundreds of journalists yet limiting on-site access and permitting only official images during the ceremony.