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Two decades in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum building is as intriguing as its artifacts

The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest museum in the world for a single civilization, and holds a total of around 100,000 ...
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Grand Egyptian Museum building as intriguing as its artifacts

In a country known for the world’s oldest wonders, a new one now rises from the desert sands. More than 20 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened this month to great fanfare, marking a ...

‘They even shot the mummies’: how Sudan’s culture is being erased

culture, lies in ruins ravaged by bullets, looting and the mindless fury of the rogue paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “They even shot the mummies,” museum archaeologist, Rihab Khider said ...