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Every day, as I walk to campus, I pass a familiar brown sandstone gate, its regularly spaced pillars briefly constricting the sidewalk. It rises just above eye level, revealing only the trees peeking ...

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The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy.