The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum is postponed until the last quarter of 2025.

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will not fully open near the Giza pyramids on July 3, as planned. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced in a statement on Saturday that its official opening has been postponed until the last quarter of 2025 due to the growing security situation in the region.

" A new date for the official opening will be set for the last quarter of this year and will be announced in due course, following coordination with all relevant authorities to ensure the organization of an event that reflects Egypt's prominent cultural and tourism position internationally," Egyptian authorities stated.

Egypt intends to organize a "truly exceptional" international event that is "worthy of the grandeur of Egyptian civilization and its unique heritage," according to the Ministry of Antiquities. It has therefore decided to postpone its full opening due to the global alert triggered by Israel's offensive against Iran .

Although the museum was scheduled to close from Sunday, June 15, to July 5, for preparations for the opening, the Egyptian government reports that the GEM "will continue to welcome visitors during its pre-opening phase until the new scheduled date for the official opening later this year."

This $1 billion megaproject, located west of Cairo, will be the largest in the world dedicated to a single civilization , housing more than 100,000 artifacts , half of which will be on display.

The famous mask of Tutankhamun and other treasures still on display at Cairo's ancient Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square were to be moved in the coming days. "Only 26 objects from the Tutankhamun collection, including the gold mask and two sarcophagi, are still here" in the same museum in Tahrir Square, its director, Ali Abdel Halim, told AFP just a few days ago. "They all need to be moved soon," he added, without giving a date for the move.

Among the latest objects are a gold sarcophagus, a golden sarcophagus, a gold dagger, a cosmetic box, miniature coffins, a royal diadem, and pectorals.

In a dedicated wing , most of Tutankhamun's treasures will be displayed together for the first time since British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the pharaoh's intact tomb in 1922.

His mummy will remain in its original resting place, the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, as it is "a crucial part of the archaeological site," Egyptian officials said. A virtual replica will be on display at the GEM.