Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton dies at 79
Culture • Oct 11, 2025, 7:52 PM
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US actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977's "Annie Hall" and her role in "The Godfather" films, has died at age 79, People magazine reported Saturday.
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Replay: The Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony
Culture • 8:19 PM
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Please watch the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony in Cairo.
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World’s fascination with ancient Egypt a 'heritage', Egyptologist says
Culture • 7:51 PM
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The world’s fascination with ancient Egypt is a cultural "heritage" passed down from the Greeks and Romans, said Vincent Rondot, Egyptologist and former director of the Egyptian Department at the Louvre Museum. Rondot noted that many aspects of Cairo’s G
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Key objects missing from the Grand Egyptian Museum's collection
Culture • 7:39 PM
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As Cairo inaugurates the Grand Egyptian Museum Saturday, FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson discusses several key objects missing from the new museum which include the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, the Dendera Zodiac in the Louvre and the bust
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Grand Egyptian Museum to display tomb paintings bringing ancient Egypt to life
Culture • 7:06 PM
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The Grand Egyptian Museum, which held its opening ceremony on Saturday, will showcase tomb paintings and other artefacts offering insight into ancient Egyptian life, said Salima Ikram, Distinguished Professor of Egyptology at the American University in C
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Replay: Watch Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's address
Culture • 6:48 PM
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Please watch Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's address at the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony.
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Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony music show
Culture • 6:45 PM
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Please watch the Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony's music show
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Egyptologists seeking to ‘give the credit where the credit is due’
Culture • 5:50 PM
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Egyptologists are aiming to “give credit where credit is due”, recognising not only Western archaeologists but also the Egyptians who carried out much of the “heavy lifting,” said Peter Der Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology at Harvard Unive
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Grand Egyptian Museum a 'symbol' to be shared with world
Culture • 5:45 PM
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Egypt was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday, the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization. World leaders, including monarchs, heads of states and governments, were to attend the grand opening ceremo
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Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum innaugurated with lavish ceremony
Culture • 4:37 PM
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Egypt opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday in a lavish, spectacle laden ceremony, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said was "a new chapter in the history of the present and the future". Cairo has pinned great hopes o
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Five things to know about the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Culture • 10:32 AM
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More than two decades in the making, Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally opening its doors on Saturday, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts detailing life in ancient Egypt. Below, five things to know about the museum.
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Funk pioneer turned painter George Clinton opens art show in Paris
Culture • 9:15 AM
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Funk legend and Afrofuturism pioneer George Clinton opens a new chapter this autumn with an art show at the Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Paris, featuring a collection of his abstract paintings and a sculpture of the "Mothership" – from his influential 1975
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