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Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada.

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Giza, Egypt — May 2026
The Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, which officially fully opened to the public in November 2025. The building has views of the Great Pyramid of Giza

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Your guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

Cairo's home for ancient treasures, monumental galleries and thousands of years of history

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Interior of the Theodore Roosevelt Hall of Biodiversity in the Natural History Museum (American Museum of Natural History). Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.

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Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece - May 2025.

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