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Egypt moves ancient King Tut's funerary bed, chariot to largest museum

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities moved on Tuesday the 3,000-year-old funerary bed and chariot of ancient King Tutankhamun from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir downtown Cairo to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Pyramids Plateau in Giza.

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Egypt racing against time to soft open region's largest museum in early 2018

​On a vast area of cliffy land some two kilometers in the north of the Great Pyramids of Giza near the capital Cairo, hundreds of workers and engineers have been racing against time at the construction site of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) for the soft opening of the region's largest museum in early 2018.