When Saturday comes, the monumental Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will celebrate its official opening. The long-awaited exhibition space will become the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilisation: Ancient Egypt. The GEM will have over 100,000 artefacts on display, from Tutankhamun’s tomb treasures to pharaoh Khufu’s famed ‘solar boat’. Tutankhamun’s tomb treasures open to the public Visitors will enter the museum via the Grand Hall and Grand Staircase, vast spaces that house