29 Oct 2025

Heading Off to Egypt

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 29 October 2025

Today we're going to Egypt as a project over 30 years in the making is about to be completed. It's the brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. It was announced in 1992, construction began in 2005, and 20 years and 1 billion dollars later, it's finally ready to be opened to the public. Robyn Galloway is managing director of Innovative Travel, and she's just returned from Cairo.

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