Cairo's Three Museums: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Egyptian Museum, NMEC...what's the difference?!

Cairo's Three Museums: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Egyptian Museum, NMEC...what's the difference?!

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7 Video Views·Jun 29, 2024

Cairo, Egypt has three museums: the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Egyptian Museum Cairo at Tahrir Square, and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. The GEM has not opened yet, but it will have the Tutankhamun Gallery and the Khufu Solar boat. The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square has a treasure trove of silver artifacts from Tanis, and the NMEC has 22 royal mummies, including Ramses the Great and Hatshepsut! This video goes over each museum: where it is, what to see there, and which one to visit on a limited schedule. UPDATE: The Grand Egyptian Museum has fully opened the Great Hall, along with a few other areas! Cairo's new museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), is having its grand opening sometime in 2023 (still unconfirmed), on the edge of Cairo. But visitors can now get inside the GEM to see the Great Hall, the Glass Court, the retail area, gardens, obelisk square, and eat at one of the many restaurants inside Egypt's largest museum.

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