Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 12:15 PM*

Arts 24 Unveils the Grand Egyptian Museum:

A Billion-Dollar Gateway to 7,000 Years of History

Presented by Eve Jackson

After decades of anticipation and billion-dollar ambition, Arts24, France 24's daily cultural magazine, offers a world-exclusive look inside one of the 21^st century's most monumental cultural projects: the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Hosted by Eve Jackson, Arts24 takes viewers behind the scenes of the Grand Egyptian Museum — a vast 500,000-square-meter cultural icon located just a mile from the Great Pyramids of Giza. This special feature includes:

• - Access to over 100,000 ancient artefacts, including colossal statues, sarcophagi, and millennia-old masterpieces never shown before.

• - A close look at the 30-foot statue of Ramesses II, weighing over 80 tons, standing around the museum's grand entrance.

• - A journey up the soaring Grand Staircase, flanked by monumental statues of Egypt's ancient rulers.

• - Insights from museum director Ahmed Ghoneim, Egyptian archaeologists, and curators sharing the mission and magnitude of this national treasure.

The programme also features archival footage and expert interviews, previewing the museum's unparalleled display of all 5,000 objects from Tutankhamun's tomb, exhibited together for the first time.

Furthermore, the special delves into the museum's world-class conservation efforts inside 19 cutting-edge restoration labs, where a new generation of Egyptian scientists work to preserve and decode treasures ranging from ornate coffins to ancient tools and textiles, many filmed for the first time ever.

The special edition will also be broadcast on France 24's YouTube channel, france24.com, and social media platforms.