Prime ministers, presidents, and members of royalty gathered in Cairo on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, for the grand inauguration of a vast new museum near the Pyramids, showcasing one of the world’s most treasured collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), marks the end of a two-decade construction effort hampered by the Arab Spring uprisings, pandemic and wars in neighbouring countries. "We are writing a new chapter in the history of the present and future of th