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When Egypt officially flings open the doors of its $1 billion treasure trove of ancient artifacts on Nov. 1, the great and the good of world politics will stand in the shadow of King Ramses II. Eleven meters tall and carved from red granite, the 3,200-year-old statue of the greatest of all pharaohs looms over the cavernous main hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum — a project that seeks to super-charge the crucial tourism industry, and also delivers a statement of Egypt’s contemporary global importance.
