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Confirmed Grand Opening Details for the GEM

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s opening date is confirmed. I recently met with Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities at ITB Berlin and, for the first time anywhere, obtained an on-the-record commitment from the minister himself of when the GEM would finally fully open to the global public — news that the world has been waiting …

MET&T Releases Updated Hotel Rankings for Egypt

Middle East Travel & Tourism, which took over the Best Hotels of Egypt list for EgyptTravelBlog in 2022, has released the latest Best Hotels of Egypt list for 2024. Continuing with its new system of awarding between one and five diamonds to hotel properties based on the level of quality, value, and service offered to …

Updates on Money and Currency in Egypt

UPDATE: As of March 2024, the government of Egypt made the decision to float the Egyptian Pound, meaning the Egypt’s currency was no longer set at a fixed exchange rate determined by the government but instead would vary depending on how the global market valued the currency. This resulted in about a 40% drop in …

Egypt Unveils 3,400-Year Old ‘Avenue of the Sphinxes’

After its discovery in the late 1940s and after several rounds of excavations and restorations since then, the ancient Avenue of the Sphinxes finally reopened to the public following a grandiose celebration on November 23, 2021 to mark the occasion. The 2.7-kilometer-long road, originally lined with hundreds of rams head sphinx statues on both sides stretching its entire length, connects the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor, two of the most important …

Possible Dates for GEM Opening Revealed

While the government of Egypt is still keeping plans for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum a well-guarded state secret, some hints as to their planning and thinking are starting to seep out. Over the summer, we reported that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities wants to hold an elaborate multi-day ceremony to mark …

New archaeological finds in Egypt continue to astonish

Important discoveries out of Egypt have again been flooding the global news as archaeologists continue to explore beneath the sands of the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo, which is home to temples, burial grounds, and pyramids of the once-mighty ancient empire. Over the last year, researchers have unearthed at least 210 sarcophagi not touched since their burial two millennia ago, including the coffin of Queen Neit, …

More Unsealed Mummies Discovered at Saqqara

If you’ve ever wandered around the rocky grounds of the Saqqara royal necropolis, the site of the Pharaoh Djoser’s famous Step Pyramid just south of the most famous pyramids at Giza, you’ve likely walked above hundreds of undiscovered treasures, mummies, and noble tombs still hidden in the ground beneath your feet. Frequent readers of the …

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I'm always amazed at how off people's conceptions of Egypt are sometimes. Whether it's in regards to ancient Egypt (which wasn't even called Egypt, by …

Egypt marks Mawlid al-Nabi in the sweetest way

Egyptians love their sweets, and that's especially true when it comes to the holidays. Whether it's Ramadan, Coptic Christmas, or this year's Mawlid …

Mummies on the Move

There have been quite a few recent developments about mummies in Egypt lately, including the largest discovery of mummies in over a century near …

Did Ancient Egyptians Really Mummify Their Pets?

We all know that the ancient Egyptians mummified the dead bodies of their loved ones with elaborate rituals and scientific rigor, whether they were a …

Reflections on the Media and the Arab Spring in Egypt

When I was in Egypt in early January of 2011, only a few weeks before the outbreak of the Egyptian Revolution, everything seemed perfectly normal. The …

Fun Facts about the new Grand Egyptian Museum

When it is completed, the Grand Egyptian Museum just outside of Cairo on the Giza Plateau (and next door to the Pyramids) will not only be the new …

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