The GEM is the largest in the world in terms of area, spanning 500,000 square meters – equivalent to 117 acres – double the size of the Louvre Museum, and two and a half times the size of the British ...

The Great Egyptian Museum plans to become the “Louvre of Archaeology”, a monumental ... the large staircase were already ready, while the interior fittings were “99.8 percent” and the ...

Olivier Gabet, Director of the Department of Decorative Arts at the Louvre Museum, knows what you ... ‘Could you do this for the Egyptian department in a few years?’” ...

Laura French If you only had time to visit one museum in Paris ... from different time periods and cultures. The Louvre features everything from Egyptian mummy tombs to ancient Grecian sculptures ...

Nestled near the Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), featuring a towering statue of Ramses II and more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamen’s golden treasures, is preparing ...

This is a huge coup for these rooms, which are usually overlooked in favour of the Egyptian Antiquities ... Much more than a museum, the Louvre is a symbol of France's international influence.

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in ...