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The museum is the world's largest
site dedicated to an ancient
. It has over 50,000
. These have been relocated from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and from across Egypt. A
3,200-year-old, 11-metre-tall statue of the
Ramesses the Great dominates the
. GEM also houses the
Tutankhamun
. This was unearthed in 1922 in the southern city of Luxor. Officials hope GEM will encourage the
of Egyptian antiquities held in other countries, especially the Rosetta Stone, which is
in the British Museum.