Egypt's grand museum, home to 50,000 artefacts, set to open

POISED TO BECOME LARGEST MUSEUM DEDICATED TO A SINGLE CIVILISATION

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After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal.

The museum, which is set to officially open tomorrow, highlights Egypt's ancient civilisation and is a centrepiece of the government's drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country.

Located just outside Cairo next to the famed Giza Pyramids, the $1 billion mammoth facility is poised to become the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation with over 50,000 artefacts detailing life in ancient Egypt. By comparison, the Louvre Museum in Paris has about 35,000 pieces on display.