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Tutankhamun’s golden collection: Step inside the lavish life and death of a pharaoh at Grand Egyptian Museum

He's the star attraction at the museum for good reason. Visitors were not allowed to take photos with his solid gold burial mask in its old home at the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo. Now, the mask ...

Slime, Battleship and Trivial Pursuit join the Toy Hall of Fame

Slime, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along ...

Once Hated, Now Loved, a Brutalist Behemoth Gets a Makeover

For $100 million, Sotheby’s bought a masterpiece by Marcel Breuer, the former home of the Whitney Museum. It has a thoughtful ...

Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back.’

The museum’s most anticipated exhibit is the full 5,500 items from King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Egyptians say it’s time to ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s Astonishing Arrival

In the works for decades, the massive, often overwhelming museum has finally opened to the public, displaying a trove of ...
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King Tut's collection displayed for first time at Egypt's grand museum

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King ...