Overview
- A state ceremony drew 79 delegations, including 39 heads of state and government, concluding a project long delayed by political turmoil, the pandemic and regional conflicts.
- Public access begins Nov. 4, with authorities billing the site as the world’s largest museum devoted to a single civilization.
- For the first time, all roughly 5,000 objects from Tutankhamun’s tomb are displayed together alongside tens of thousands of other artefacts across 12 galleries.
- Signature features include an 83-ton statue of Ramses II in the atrium, a hanging obelisk, a six‑storey grand staircase, and halls for Khufu’s ancient solar boats.
- Backed largely by Japanese development loans and designed by Heneghan Peng, the $1‑billion‑plus museum anchors a tourism push targeting about 5–7 million visitors to the site and a national goal of 30 million tourists by 2030–2032, supported by new roads, Sphinx Airport and a planned metro station.