{"id":70213,"date":"2025-04-30T01:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=70213"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T20:36:39","slug":"the-new-spectacular-egyptology-museum-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/04\/30\/the-new-spectacular-egyptology-museum-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Spectacular Egyptology Museum in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>(The following article appeared first in the NY Times on Easter Sunday April 20).<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"NYTAppHideMasthead css-ikk3s8 e1m0pzr40\" 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599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-156v49d\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-02\/trav-egypt-museum-02-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-ktho12 e3rygrp0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-ImageCaption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Visitors taking in the ancient pyramids of Giza, framed through a set of windows at the Grand Egyptian Museum.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktopBottomLeft mobileBottomLeft css-b6i8y6\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-1krtrpn e6idgb70\">\n<\/p><div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-22a902aa\" class=\"css-alalph e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\">The World\u2019s Most Anticipated Museum Is Finally Open. (Well, Mostly.)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-178vgup e1wiw3jv0\">The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here\u2019s a look inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"css-yi0xdk e89cr9k0\">\n<p class=\"css-a8rmpe\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"css-1f1w20n travel\">Visitors taking in the ancient pyramids of Giza, framed through a set of windows at the Grand Egyptian Museum.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-141yyh8 e89cr9k1\">\n<div class=\"css-yomkvi\" role=\"toolbar\" data-testid=\"share-tools\" aria-label=\"Social Media Share buttons, Save button, and Comments Panel with current comment count\">\n<div class=\"css-17cfcd4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"travel css-ctbra\" data-testid=\"share-tools-menu\">\n<ul class=\"css-1atjma0\" data-testid=\"share-tools-list\">\n<li class=\"css-atthsv\">\n<div class=\"css-vxcmzt\">\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\"><button class=\"css-1eeh360 actionbar-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-testid=\"gift-article-button\"><span class=\"css-10d8k1f\">Share full article<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-68l2z5\">\n<div class=\"css-vxcmzt\">\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-68l2z5 save-button\">\n<\/li><li class=\"css-68l2z5 commentAdjustClass\">\n<div class=\"css-1mlnk6q\"><span class=\"css-1re6eyk\">405<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-p6m5rf\">\n<div class=\"byline-container css-1u5onbp epjyd6m2\">\n<div class=\"css-165eim7 ey68jwv0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><a class=\"css-uwwqev decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/stephen-hiltner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-dc6zx6 ey68jwv2\" title=\"Stephen Hiltner\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/06\/13\/multimedia\/author-stephen-hiltner\/author-stephen-hiltner-thumbLarge-v12.png\" alt=\"Stephen Hiltner\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-233int epjyd6m1\">\n<p class=\"css-4anu6l e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"byline-prefix\">Photo Essay by\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"last-byline css-ojhyzr e1jsehar0 decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/stephen-hiltner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stephen Hiltner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"css-1cgskve epjyd6m4\">\n<li class=\"css-ccw2r3 epjyd6m3\"><time class=\"css-1uc6ajg e16638kd0\" datetime=\"2025-04-16T05:02:16-04:00\">April 16, 2025<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<div class=\"css-1lpvp6o\">\n<div class=\"css-81mraw\">\n<div class=\"css-le223v\">\n<div class=\"css-1ibyhwt\">\n<div class=\"css-myrxjz\">\n<div class=\"css-13brihr\"><span class=\"css-1dx7gx1\">Sign up for the Travel Dispatch newsletter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1uk1gs8\">Essential news on the changing travel landscape, expert tips and inspiration for your future trips.\u00a0<button class=\"css-1mywdgm\" type=\"button\" data-testid=\"signup-button\"><span class=\"css-im3bau\" data-testid=\"signup-button-span\">Get it sent to your inbox.<\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert \u2014 a towering site that arose over decades, built at unimaginable expense, with precisely cut stones sourced from local quarries; a set of buildings whose construction, plagued by extraordinary challenges, spanned the reigns of several rulers; a collective cultural testament, the largest of its kind, teeming with royal history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">No, I\u2019m not referring to Giza\u2019s famous pyramids. I came to see the\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visit-gem.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grand Egyptian Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-1\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-bkbwf1 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-r3fift\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"auto, ((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-05\/trav-egypt-museum-05-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Approaching the museum\u2019s main entrance. (The plaza contains an obelisk that is elevated on a granite base, allowing for views of the cartouche \u2014 an oval containing a royal name in hieroglyphics \u2014 of Ramses II.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-2\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-14\/trav-egypt-museum-14-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Hieroglyphic motifs and translucent stone adorn the building\u2019s exterior.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-13\/trav-egypt-museum-13-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A pyramidal entryway leads to the grand atrium.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is perhaps no institution on earth whose opening has been as wildly anticipated, or as mind-bogglingly delayed, as the Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo. Its construction has been such a fiasco \u2014 mired by funding lapses, logistical hurdles, a pandemic, nearby wars, revolutions (yes,\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/24\/opinion\/friedman-egypts-three-revolutions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">plural<\/em><\/a>) \u2014 that it begs comparison to that of the pyramids that lie just over a mile away on the Giza Plateau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-4\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-wrapper\" class=\"css-1w2m312\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"css-777zgl decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/grand-egyptian-museum-open-cairo.html#after-story-ad-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SKIP ADVERTISEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-ad-1\" class=\"ad story-ad-1-wrapper css-rfqw0c\" data-google-query-id=\"CM6fy_Gz54wDFVv79QIdUigzlA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/580cdfcbf5d3ef1b60ddd67690be7b4b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">(The 4,600-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, built from around 2.3 million stone blocks and without the use of wheels, pulleys or iron tools, took about 25 years to build, by some estimates. So far, the Grand Egyptian Museum has taken more than 20.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Planned openings have come and gone since 2012. (Even The Times got it wrong; our list of\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/travel\/places-to-visit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">52 Places to Go in 2020<\/a>\u00a0prematurely referred to the \u201cfancy new digs for King Tut and company.\u201d) In time, frustrations bubbled over for would-be visitors, many of whom had planned vacations around the new museum. \u201cI have canceled two trips to Cairo because of anticipated opening dates and then delays,\u201d one traveler\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFdSOK9t5Ki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on the museum\u2019s Instagram page this year. \u201cI have wanted to visit since I was a child and the promise of the museum and constant delays is ruining that experience for so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEPW6TjpFq4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Another wrote<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ll all be dead longer than King Tut himself by the time this place is open!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\">\n<div id=\"c-col-editors-picks\" class=\"css-lze5f4\">\n<h2 class=\"css-151seha\">Editors\u2019 Picks<\/h2>\n<article class=\"css-1rxiy8k\">\n<div class=\"css-1rcvpgy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/20\/magazine\/20mag-Eat\/20mag-Eat-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-15zy5qw\">A Chicken \u00e0 la King That\u2019s Actually Fit for a King<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"css-1rxiy8k\">\n<div class=\"css-1rcvpgy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/18\/multimedia\/18ST-LOVE-ISLAND-BEYOND-01-mpvb\/18ST-LOVE-ISLAND-BEYOND-01-mpvb-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-15zy5qw\">Taking \u2018Love Island\u2019 to the Mainland<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"css-1rxiy8k\">\n<div class=\"css-1rcvpgy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/17\/well\/17WELL-PSYCH101-RSD-image\/17WELL-PSYCH101-RSD-image-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-15zy5qw\">When a Small Rejection Feels Like \u2018the End of the World\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-6\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-full css-1kwayi3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-03\/trav-egypt-museum-03-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-o5l7z4 ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The atrium, called the Grand Hall, is dominated by a colossal statue of Ramses II, which stood for half a century at a traffic circle in downtown Cairo before being painstakingly transported to the new museum site in 2006.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The wait is now over. Well, mostly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When I visited in mid-February, much of the museum was open: 11 of the 12 main exhibition galleries, along with the cavernous entrance hall and a broad staircase strewn with dozens of artifacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But arguably the museum\u2019s biggest draw, the Tutankhamen galleries, which will showcase more than 5,000 artifacts from the boy king\u2019s tomb, remained closed. (For now,\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/17\/world\/middleeast\/repaired-king-tut-mask-back-on-display-in-egypt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tutankhamen\u2019s gold funeral mask<\/a>, among the most iconic archaeological artifacts in the world, is still on display at the old\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/egyptianmuseumcairo.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egyptian Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Tahrir Square.) Also inaccessible was a separate annex that will showcase two royal boats discovered near the Great Pyramid in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-8\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-2-wrapper\" class=\"css-n0pgz9\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-2-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"css-777zgl decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/grand-egyptian-museum-open-cairo.html#after-story-ad-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SKIP ADVERTISEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-ad-2\" class=\"ad story-ad-2-wrapper css-rfqw0c\" data-google-query-id=\"CMvbpuG054wDFdnb9QIdLOEROA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_3__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/580cdfcbf5d3ef1b60ddd67690be7b4b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those portions of the museum are expected to open this summer, with an official ceremony scheduled for July 3. (You\u00a0<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">might\u00a0<\/em>take that date with a grain or two of salt.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-10\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-10\/trav-egypt-museum-10-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Also displayed in the atrium is the Victory Column of Merneptah, which commemorates the pharaoh\u2019s conquests.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-08\/trav-egypt-museum-08-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">There\u2019s hardly a detail throughout the museum that doesn\u2019t warrant a closer look.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-11\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/05\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-04\/trav-egypt-museum-04-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The statue of Ramses II is more than 30 feet tall and weighs more than 80 tons.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, even the museum\u2019s incomplete offerings \u2014 along with the building itself and its billion-dollar views \u2014 are staggering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Entering the main hall, I was struck by both the scale of the structure and the textural allure of its surfaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-13\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-3-wrapper\" class=\"css-n0pgz9\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-3-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"css-777zgl decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/grand-egyptian-museum-open-cairo.html#after-story-ad-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SKIP ADVERTISEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-ad-3\" class=\"ad story-ad-3-wrapper css-rfqw0c\" data-google-query-id=\"CPrpjoW154wDFQz09QIdkLQ8yQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_4__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/29390238\/nyt\/travel_4\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/580cdfcbf5d3ef1b60ddd67690be7b4b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just inside the pyramidal entryway (the motifs aren\u2019t exactly subtle), I was greeted by one of the museum\u2019s many showstoppers: a 3,200-year-old statue of Ramses II, widely regarded as the most powerful of ancient Egypt\u2019s pharaohs, that stands more than 30 feet tall and weighs more than 80 tons. The red-granite figure has a fabled modern history: It was found \u2014 lying on its side, broken into six pieces \u2014 by an Italian Egyptologist in 1820; in 1954 it was installed at a traffic circle in downtown Cairo, where it stood for half a century before being painstakingly transported to the new museum site in 2006.<\/p>\n<div id=\"NYT_MAIN_CONTENT_2_REGION\" class=\"css-9tf9ac\" data-testid=\"region\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"trust-explainer-travel-reporters\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-retkgj\" data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" data-id=\"100000008941324\" data-source-id=\"100000008941324\">\n<div id=\"embed-id-100000008941324\" class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" data-sourceid=\"100000008941324\">\n<div class=\"trust-survey-component css-1mxer6r\" data-slug=\"trust-explainer-travel-reporters\" data-iterate-survey=\"62fbffa010eae90001b94079\">\n<p class=\"css-1medn6k\"><span class=\"css-1azx75n\">Times travel coverage.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"css-1hvpcve\">When our writers review a destination, they do not accept free or discounted services or, in most cases, reveal that they work for The Times. We want their experience to be what you can expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-214jt4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/editorial-standards\/ethical-journalism.html#rulesForSpecializedDepartments\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s more on our standards and practices.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">From the atrium I ascended the Grand Staircase \u2014 first via a long escalator and then again on foot, having returned to the bottom, for a closer look at the dozens of large-scale statues, columns and sarcophagi that line the ascent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-15\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-full css-1kwayi3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-12\/trav-egypt-museum-12-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-o5l7z4 ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">An open-air-gallery staircase leads from the atrium to sublime views of the Giza pyramids \u2014 and to the entrance to the museum\u2019s 12 main galleries.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Atop the stairs was another breathtaking surprise: an unobstructed view of the Giza pyramids, perfectly framed in a set of floor-to-ceiling windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-17\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-4-wrapper\" class=\"css-n0pgz9\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-4-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I stood before the windows, helplessly transfixed, for the better part of an hour. If there\u2019s a better man-made view on the planet, I\u2019ve yet to take it in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"VideoBlock-19\">\n<figure class=\"sizeMedium layoutVertical verticalVideo css-sx232s\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\" data-testid=\"VideoBlock\">\n<div class=\"css-1xb94ky\"><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Video<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-11kuxu4\">\n<div class=\"css-122y91a\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-gvnats\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-video-still\/trav-egypt-museum-video-still-superJumbo.jpg\" data-testid=\"cinemagraph_image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-ktho12 e3rygrp0\"><span class=\"css-cch8ym\"><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Credit<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">From the top of the stairs I entered the first of the museum\u2019s 12 main galleries, which are organized both chronologically and by theme, spanning from prehistory to the Roman era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Summarizing the exhibition halls would be a thankless task \u2014 and besides, the joy of visiting any vast museum is uncovering the peculiar selection of items that stands out to you alone. A few highlights cling to me like burrs: The dizzying display of blue ushabti, the figurines left as servants for the dead. An immense mummified crocodile. A 3,100-year-old wig made from braided human hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The wig in particular dragged the ancient world to the fore, bridging what at many museums feels like an unbridgeable divide. Leave it to a delicate human feature, quietly preserved for thousands of years, to bring the past to life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-21\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-17\/trav-egypt-museum-17-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A collection of ushabti, the figurines left as servants for the dead.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-19\/trav-egypt-museum-19-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The hieroglyph representing a honeybee, seen at the top of this block made for Amenemhat I, was often used as part of the title for the king of Upper and Lower Egypt.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-22\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-5-wrapper\" class=\"css-aporl1\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-5-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-23\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 684w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-20\/trav-egypt-museum-20-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1367w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A painted limestone statue of Meryre, an Egyptian high priest, and his wife, Iniuia.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-21\/trav-egypt-museum-22-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A wig made from twisted and braided human hair, dating to the 20th dynasty, about 3,100 years ago.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-24\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-15\/trav-egypt-museum-15-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Part of a decree issued by Egyptian priests in honor of the pharaoh Ptolemy III. (Like the Rosetta Stone, the limestone carving features three scripts: hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-23\/trav-egypt-museum-23-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A golden figure that dates to around the Naqada III period (about 5,000 years ago), made with lapis lazuli inlays around the eyes.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-25\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-18\/trav-egypt-museum-18-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A crocodile mummy dating to the Greco-Roman era.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The arrival of the Grand Egyptian Museum establishes a trio of must-see museums in and around Cairo. In Tahrir Square stands the oldest: the\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/egyptianmuseumcairo.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Egyptian Museum<\/a>, a beautiful Beaux-Arts building that for more than a century has showcased one of the world\u2019s great collections of antiquities. (Largely unmodernized, the museum\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/03\/world\/middleeast\/cairo-mummies-parade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">has transferred<\/a>, and will continue transferring, many of its most prized items to Giza, prompting\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/will-this-be-the-end-of-the-legendary-cairo-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">concerns about its future<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Also in the mix is the\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nmec.gov.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Museum of Egyptian Civilization<\/a>, another landmark that fully opened in 2021 and whose main draw is its haunting collection of royal mummies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-27\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-6-wrapper\" class=\"css-aporl1\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-6-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All three are worthy of extended visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-29\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-28\/trav-egypt-museum-28-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Situated at the heart of Cairo, the beautiful Beaux-Arts Egyptian Museum has long showcased one of the world\u2019s great collections of antiquities.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"DiptychBlock-30\">\n<div class=\"css-q3z82y e73j0it0\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/16\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-26\/trav-egypt-museum-26-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A limestone statue of the pharaoh Djoser at the old Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. (Djoser is famous for his step pyramid, considered the oldest important stone building in Egypt.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz- css-13wylk3 e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/09\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-27\/trav-egypt-museum-27-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-fpbvhh ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The innermost of Tutankhamen\u2019s three nested coffins, on display at the old Egyptian Museum. The entire collection of the boy king\u2019s artifacts will soon be exhibited at the Grand Egyptian Museum.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in many respects the Grand Egyptian Museum now stands alone. Billed as the largest archaeological museum in the world, as well as the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, it was initially proposed by Hosni Mubarak, Egypt\u2019s longtime authoritarian president, who announced his plans for a new flagship institution in 1992. A ceremonial foundation stone was laid 10 years later, and the Dublin-based firm\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hparc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Heneghan Peng Architects<\/a>\u00a0won a competition to design the building in 2003. Construction began in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then came the long series of spectacular setbacks: the 2008 global economic crisis, the Arab Spring (and the subsequent decimation of Egypt\u2019s tourism industry), the Covid-19 pandemic, and wars in Gaza and Sudan. Over time, excitement for the museum was eclipsed by coverage of its postponement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-32\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span>\n<div class=\"css-1pq3dr9\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/08\/travel\/trav-egypt-museum-25\/trav-egypt-museum-25-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The new museum sits a little over a mile from the Great Pyramid of Giza, and about 10 miles from the center of Cairo.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-33\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-7-wrapper\" class=\"css-n0pgz9\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-7-slug\" class=\"css-1ev7j75\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-story-ad-7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But I doubt the epic delays will get the spotlight for much longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If my experience is any indication, then all it takes to overlook the long wait is a leisurely stroll through the museum\u2019s timeless collection \u2014 and an extended gaze from the top of its staircase.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\">\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Follow New York Times Travel on\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nytimestravel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Instagram<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/newsletters\/traveldispatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">sign up for our Travel Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u00a0to get expert tips on traveling smarter and inspiration for your next vacation. 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