GEM The world largest museum ever.
Grand Egyptian museum site is 2 km from the pyramids,the museum complex will be approximately 480,000 square meters.
Grand Egyptian museum hosts more than 100,00 artifacts from Pharaonic , Greek and Roman eras, about 3500 artifacts of the king Tutankhamun.
General Director, Tarek Tawfik said "This will be the museum of the 21st century,"
All means of modern technology have been taken into consideration in order to make this an unforgettable experience for the visitor, but at the same time provide the best possible environment for the artifacts.
The world largest museum.
Costing more than $1 billion, the museum will re-house and restore some of the country's most precious relics. Its expansive, glass-fronted building offers sweeping panoramas of the Giza plateau and Great Pyramids,
Grand Egyptian Museum first test soft opening is scheduled for the end of this year, when a collection of Tutankhamun's possessions will go on display in approximately one-third of the museum space.