To put that in perspective, if a visitor were to spend one minute looking at each artifact on display in the museum, it would take almost 70 sleepless days to view the entire collection.  

The museum’s triangular architecture radiates outward from its entrance toward the three main pyramids of Giza, aligning perfectly with their positions. Its walls and sloping ceilings follow the same lines, rising toward the pyramids’ highest points, but not exceeding the height of the ancient structures, out of respect for theim

The GEM is one of the largest museums in the world, and the largest dedicated to a single civilization: ancient Egypt. Its subject matter spans some 7,000 years, from prehistory to the end of the Greek and Roman eras around 400 A.D.

“It is a great day for Egypt and for humanity. This is Egypt’s gift to the world. It’s a dream come true, after all these years, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally and officially open media adviser to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities,

The initial cost for the more than 5-million-square-foot, triangular-themed structure about a mile from the iconic pyramids of Giza was but the final price tag was more than double that. Costing over $1 billion, the through Egyptian resources and international cooperation.

In front of the main entrance stands the imposing 53-foot-high Hanging Obelisk, the only such structure in the world. The obelisk itself is about 3,500 years old, but it sits suspended overhead on a modern structure with a glass floor, so visitors can peer up and view its ancient inscriptions from an angle never before possible.