CAIRO – Egypt is inaugurating on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum , two decades in the making, with the aim of drawing more visitors to revitalize the country's tourist industry.

Located just outside Cairo on the Giza Plateau which also includes the three pyramids and the Sphinx, the museum will be the world’s largest dedicated to a single civilization. It will display over 50,000 artifacts detailing life in ancient Egypt.

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World leaders, including monarchs, heads of states and governments, are set to attend the grand opening ceremony, according to the Egyptian presidency which touted the museum as “an exceptional event in the history of human culture and civilization.”

The museum is one of the megaprojects championed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi since he t

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