The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has finally opened its doors, a stone’s throw from the pyramids and the Cairo ring road.
Two decades in the making, more than $1bn spent and several false starts later, the colossal complex at Giza is now open.
what does Egypt really want this museum to say?
From its conception in the early 1990s, the GEM was always about more than archaeology.
Autor: The project raises questions about Egypt's ambition and inertia.