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Egypt's Grand Museum Opens, Showcasing King Tut's Treasures for the First Time in Over a Century

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Egypt's Grand Museum Opens, Showcasing King Tut's Treasures for the First Time in Over a Century
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Egypt has opened the Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza, showcasing 100,000 artifacts including the full display of Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, aiming to boost tourism and cultural pride, while also fueling calls for the repatriation of Egyptian antiquities held abroad.

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  1. Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time  BBC
  2. More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures  CNN
  3. Inside the new monumental Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo  Euronews.com
  4. King Tut's treasures haven't been all together in more than a century. Until now.  NBC News
  5. Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build  The Guardian

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