Giza news

The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum has finally been given an opening date, with one of the year's biggest cultural openings expected to draw more than ... More

A dramatic drone video released by international design studio Ennead Architects has offered a glimpse at their planetarium for the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum ... More

Irish architects Heneghan Peng have won the international design competition for new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario with their plan for a winding glass ... More

One of the architects behind the hotly-anticipated Shanghai Planetarium has revealed new details about the project’s futuristic design. Once complete in 2018, the 38,000sq m ... More

French architecture firm Moreau Kusunoki have been named winners of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition, with the €126m (£100m, US$160.5m) project to be formed of Japanese-style ... More

Multiple images for each of the 1,715 entries for the Guggenheim coming to Helsinki, Finland, have been released by the upcoming museum, with a huge ... More

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Saturday (6 September) requested support from UNESCO in a bid to help preserve the nation’s heritage and strengthen and ... More

Hilton Worldwide is to launch the 275-room Hilton Cairo Nile Maadi in early 2016 - its sixth property in Cairo, Egypt. Located in Maadi, the ... More

Image: The two new Egyptian hotels will be operated under Hilton's flagship brand following the agreement Hilton Worldwide has announced it has signed an agreement ... More

Suzanne Mubarak, wife of the president of Egypt, has inaugurated the first two phases of the new US$550m (£372m, €444m) Grand Museum of Egypt. The ... More

Construction of a major new Middle East golf and real estate development - New Giza, Egypt - is underway. Staking has been completed and bulk ... More

Ground has been broken on the Government of Egypt’s US$550m (£271m, 400m euro) Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) development near the renowned Pyramids of Giza. The ... More

The new Seven Wonders of the World have been announced, based on more than 100 million votes cast in an online poll. The Great Wall ... More

The Egyptian Tourism Authority has unveiled a new worldwide advertising campaign designed to change perceptions of Egypt as a ‘once in a lifetime’ destination to ... More

Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK has been shortlisted in a competition to find the new seven wonders of the world. If the stone circle in Wiltshire ... More

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to open three new properties in the Middle East: The Fairmont Cairo, Nile City; The Fairmont Palm Hotel ... More