Tourists view the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





Visitors look at the tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., in the Valley of Kings in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, Saturday, October 4, 2025, as it opened to visitors for the first time in more than two decades. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





People walk past one of the four bronze lion statues at the end of the landmark Qasr el-Nile bridge connecting Cairo's central Tahrir Square to the island of Zamalek (background) on October 6, 2025. Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on October 6, with President Donald Trump urging negotiators to “move fast” to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Tourists visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, located near the Pyramids of Giza, in Giza, Egypt, on October 14, 2025. The museum displays thousands of artifacts from prehistoric, Pharaonic, and Roman eras, including the golden treasures of King Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered in 1922. The site attracts thousands of visitors each year with its twelve exhibition halls, gardens, and cultural spaces. (Photo by Fareed Kotb/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Egyptian volunteers sit next to trucks loaded with humanitarian aid and fuel line up at the crossing into the Gaza Strip at the Rafah border on the Egypt side, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Rafah, Egypt, on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Tourists visit the Giza Plateau, home to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, in Giza, Egypt, 30 October 2025, two days before the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum on 01 November 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Hossam/EPA)





A drone light show takes place during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A drone light show depicts Egyptian pyramids during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A drone light show depicts the mask of ancient pharaoh king Tutankhamen during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A drone light show takes place during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A drone light show depicts ancient pharaoh king Tutankhamen's sarcophagus during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A girl wears a costume as people gather to watch the official opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on a big screen in the downtown area near Tahrir Square, in front of Abdeen Palace Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A drone light show takes place during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 1, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





People hold mobile devices in front of the golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun during the first day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





People walk in front of a statue of King Ramses II at the entrance of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), during the first day for visitors inside it, after the official opening of GEM, near the Giza pyramid complex, in Giza, Egypt, on November 4, 2025. Egyptian officials hope the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum will give a major boost to the tourism industry, providing an injection of foreign currency needed to keep the pound stable and ward off inflation. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Visitors look at the golden coffin of Tutankhamun, the famous pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum, which sheds light on thousands of years of Egyptian history and houses hundreds of historical artifacts near the Giza Pyramids, in Giza, Egypt on November 4, 2025. Tutankhamun ruled during the New Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt, and ascended the throne at the age of 9 before dying suddenly at the age of 19, has 7,000 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to him in the museum. (Photo by Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A man looks up during the first day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





Tourists view the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, during the first day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





Visitors hold mobile devicecs in front of the golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun during the first day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)