Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum is a national archaeological museum in Giza, Egypt. Dedicated to Ancient Egypt and its culture, society, and artifacts, the GEM is the largest museum in the world for a single civilization.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Museum located in Giza, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al-Giza-Musée”, “GEM”, “Giza Museum”, “Giza-Musée”, “Giza-Museum”, “Gizan muzei”, “Gizeh-Musée”, “Großes Ägyptisches Museum”, “Musée vu Gizeh”, “Musée vun al-Giza”, “Musée vun Al-Giza”, “Museo di Giza”, “Muzeo Giza”, “Sur‘ egiptalaine muzei”, “The Grand Egyptian Museum”, “Veliki egipatski muzej”, “Μουσείο της Γκίζας”, “Велики египатски музеј (Гиза)”, “Велики египатски музеј Гиза”, “Велики египатски музеј у Гизи”, “Музей Гизы”, “Музей Гізи”, “Музей Гізы”, “Музеј Гизе”, “ᱜᱤᱡᱟ ᱢᱤᱣᱡᱤᱭᱟᱢ”, “ᱜᱽᱨᱮᱱᱰ ᱤᱡᱤᱯᱴ ᱢᱤᱣᱡᱤᱭᱟᱢ”, and “ᱠᱤ.ᱤ.ᱮᱢ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Pyramid of Kheops and Giza Pyramids.
Pyramid of Kheops
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the… Pyramid of Kheops is situated 2 km southeast of Grand Egyptian Museum.
Giza Pyramids
Khafra
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Neighborhood
Kerdasa
Village
Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Kerdasa is situated 4½ km north of Grand Egyptian Museum.
Abu Rawash
Locality
Photo: AhlyMan, Public domain.Grand Egyptian Museum
- Categories: museum building, archaeological museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.99361° or 29° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
31.11972° or 31° 7′ 11″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
7GXHX4V9+CV
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Grand Egyptian Museum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groot Egiptiese Museum”
- Arabic: “المتحف المصري الكبير”
- Armenian: “Մեծ եգիպտական թանգարան”
- Asturian: “Gran Muséu Exipciu”
- Basque: “Egiptoko Museo Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Егіпецкі музей”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Эгіпецкі музэй”
- Bulgarian: “Големият египетски музей”
- Catalan: “Gran Museu Egipci”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزخانەی گەورەی میسر”
- Chinese: “大埃及博物館”
- Chinese: “大埃及博物馆”
- Czech: “Velké egyptské muzeum”
- Dutch: “Groot Egyptisch Museum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف المصرى الكبير”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف المصري الكبير”
- Esperanto: “Granda Egipta Muzeo”
- Finnish: “Suuri egyptiläinen museo”
- French: “Grand Musée égyptien”
- German: “Grand Egyptian Museum”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο Αιγυπτιακό Μουσείο”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון המצרי הגדול”
- Hungarian: “Nagy Egyiptomi Múzeum”
- Indonesian: “Museum Besar Mesir”
- Italian: “Grande museo egizio”
- Japanese: “大エジプト博物館”
- Korean: “대이집트 박물관”
- Kurdish: “Muzexaneya Mezin a Misirê”
- Latvian: “Lielais Ēģiptes muzejs”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Egipto muziejus”
- Luxembourgish: “Groussen Egyptesche Musée”
- Malay: “Muzium Besar Mesir”
- Norwegian: “Grand Egyptian Museum”
- Persian: “موزه بزرگ مصر”
- Polish: “Wielkie Muzeum Egipskie”
- Portuguese: “Grande Museu Egípcio”
- Romanian: “Marele Muzeu Egiptean”
- Russian: “Большой Египетский музей”
- Santali: “ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱤᱥᱚᱨᱤᱭᱚ ᱢᱤᱣᱡᱤᱭᱟᱢ”
- Serbian: “Велики египатски музеј”
- Slovak: “Veľké egyptské múzeum”
- Slovenian: “Veliki egipčanski muzej”
- Spanish: “Gran Museo Egipcio”
- Swedish: “Grand Egyptian Museum”
- Tamil: “எகிப்தின் பெரிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์แกรนด์อียิปต์”
- Turkish: “Büyük Mısır Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Єгипетський музей”
- Urdu: “عظیم مصری عجائب گھر”
- Uzbek: “Buyuk Misr muzeyi”
- Veps: “Sur‘ Egiptan muzei”
- Vietnamese: “Đại bảo tàng Ai Cập”
- Western Armenian: “Եգիպտական մեծ թանագարան (GEM)”
- Western Armenian: “Եգիպտական մեծ թանագարան”
- “Grand Egyptian Museum”
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