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After decades of anticipation, Egypt unveils one of its most ambitious cultural projects to date: the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Located just two kilometers from the Giza Pyramids and overlooking the vast desert landscape, this groundbreaking institution redefines how we interact with and preserve one of the most influential civilizations in human history.
„2025 Egypt – Day 3 – Cairo – New Egyptian Museum“ weiterlesen
The Pyramids of Giza stand as timeless monuments to ancient Egypt’s engineering, religion, and royal power. Located on the western edge of modern-day Giza, a bustling city now integrated into Greater Cairo, these ancient structures rest on the edge of the Sahara Desert, rising dramatically above the fertile Nile Valley below.
Together with the Great Sphinx, nearby tombs, temples, and subsidiary pyramids, the Giza Plateau forms one of the most iconic and historically significant archaeological sites in the world. It is a place where millennia-old stone speaks of forgotten kings, celestial alignments, and architectural ambition on a scale the world had never seen before.
„2025 Egypt – Day 2 – Cairo“ weiterlesen