Overview
- World leaders and royals attended a spectacle-filled ceremony in Giza featuring fireworks, lasers and a drone show as President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi declared the museum a new cultural landmark.
- The complex, promoted as the world’s largest museum devoted to a single civilisation, spans roughly half a million square meters with immersive galleries, a children’s museum and a conservation center.
- Two newly opened halls present more than 5,000 objects from King Tutankhamun’s tomb together for the first time, including his golden mask, throne, chariots and sarcophagus.
- The $1 billion project, designed by Heneghan Peng and backed largely by Japanese development loans, took over two decades and faced delays from political upheaval, the pandemic and regional conflicts.
- Officials expect about five million visitors a year and have added access upgrades including new roads, a planned metro station and Sphinx International Airport, while experts caution that upkeep and regional stability will shape long‑term impact.