Egypt’s Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time

Yolande Knell and Wael Hussein | bbc.com | 1st November 2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum, now officially open, is claimed to be ‘the largest cultural building of the 21^st century”.  It’s huge, and brags that it covers 30 dynasties of pharaohs. Says one writer “it’s absolutely stuffed with treasures” – boats, golden idols, statues, sarcophagi plus items from everyday life. Says another, it is “a gesture of modern nationhood, Egypt announcing itself as a cultural superpower.”