Middle East's Top Museums and World Heritage Sites
Dubai
 - Dubai's next iconic landmark - "Dubai's Museum of the Future: A new world icon?"
- List of museums in the United Arab Emirates
- Dubai Miracle Garden - flower garden located in the district of Dubailand. The garden was launched on Valentine's Day in 2013. The garden occupies over 72,000 square metres (780,000 sq ft), making it the world's largest natural flower garden featuring over 50 million flowers and 250 million plants.
- DUBAI MUSEUM - since 1971. The main museum in Dubai. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and is the oldest existing building in Dubai.
- Museum of the Future - "Where The Future Lives." The Museum of the Future welcomes people of all ages to see, touch, and shape our shared future. Go on a journey through possible futures and bring hope and knowledge back to the present. Located in the Financial District of Dubai, the Museum of the Future has three main elements: green hill, building, and void.
Egypt
 - 10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022 - "From mummies with gold-plated tongues to a pyramid built for a previously unknown queen, here are 10 spectacular discoveries about ancient Egypt from 2022."
- 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered - "Experts say Aten is the largest such city ever found and one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb."
- 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid - "Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago."
- 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour - "Egypt’s classical wonders are off limits but a royal tomb is one of four sites where 3D modelling gives us a fascinating glimpse of antiquity."
- 700,000 years of Egyptian history finds enormous new home - "The public has finally been allowed to visit part of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the size of 80 football fields."
- A glimpse behind the scenes of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum - "Egypt’s vast, much-delayed museum is scheduled to open in 2020. But while Tutankhamun’s treasures are being readied for tourists, some critics see the building as a vanity project."
- A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt's pyramids, new study says - "New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of Giza thousands of years ago. Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt's Nile river might have looked like over the past 8,000 years."
- A rare look inside Egypt's Valley of the Kings tombs, where photography is banned - The Telegraph.
- A Refreshing Look at Egypt's Ancient Pyramids - "A downpour, a dust storm and an encounter with a lively dig team offered a photographer a new perspective on the country's celebrated tombs."
- Ancient Egypt unleashed - "How the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence. Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt is at the British Museum, London, 13 October to 19 February."
- 'Bent' pyramid: Egypt opens ancient oddity for tourism - "Pharoah Sneferu’s structure marks key step in Egyptian architecture, as builders had to change the angle when it started to crack."
- Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor - "Archaeologists have found more than 20 ancient wooden coffins near the Egyptian city of Luxor, the country's antiquities ministry says."
- Egypt celebrates reopening 3,400-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes - "Egypt celebrated the reopening of the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor on Thursday night, a 2.7-kilometer (1.7-mile) road that connects two temple complexes in the area, the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak."
- Egypt mummies pass through Cairo in ancient rulers' parade - "The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away."
- Egypt pharaoh's 'solar boat' moved to Giza museum - In pictures - "An impressive ancient Egyptian boat from the time of the pharaohs has been transported to its new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza due to open this year near the Pyramids."
- Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence - Daily Mail.
- Egyptian Officials Claim They’ve Found Alexander the Great’s Tomb - "An Egyptian official has claimed that he has evidence that Alexander the Great’s tomb is in Siwa, Egypt, the Egypt Independent reported on Friday. The report says that Mohamed Omran, the director of Siwa’s Tourism Department, 'announced evidence suggesting the potential discovery of the tomb of alexander the Great might be in the Marai area.'"
- Grand Egyptian Museum partially opens to public - "A highly anticipated museum housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts has opened the doors to some of its galleries. More than 20 years in the making, the sprawling 120-acre Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza, will showcase more than 100,000 objects, including treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun."
- How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory - "The Step Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt's oldest pyramid, could have been built using hydraulic lift technology, according to a new study."
- King Tut Died Long Ago, but the Debate About His Tomb Rages On - "Maybe the walls are disguising the undiscovered burial chamber of Nefertiti. Or 'maybe it’s Al Capone’s safe.'"
- LIST OF MUSEUMS IN EGYPT - Wikipedia.
- Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later - "Some of this jewelry may have been taken out of Egypt by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who led the excavation that uncovered the tomb."
- MUSEUMS IN CAIRO
- MUSEUMS IN EGYPT
- Nefertiti’s Undiscovered Tomb May Be Near Tutankhamun’s Burial Place, Former British Museum Curator Says - "Speaking to the Guardian, Nicholas Reeves, who formerly worked in that London institution’s Egyptian antiquities department, argued that Nefertiti may have buried in a hidden area near the burial chamber of her stepson Tutankhamun. His suggestion is still only just a theory, however, as radar scanning failed to prove it as the truth."
- New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids' construction - "Egyptologists stumble across ramp that helps explain how huge blocks of stones were hauled into place."
- New sphinx uncovered in Egypt - CNN travel.
- Scientists may have solved mystery behind Egypt's pyramids - "Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which is now hidden under desert and farmland."
- 'Sensational' Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb - "She was the fabled queen of ancient Egypt, immortalised over thousands of years as a beautiful seductress. But, despite her fame, Cleopatra’s tomb is one of the great unsolved mysteries."
- The best of ancient Egypt - "Egypt's ancient discoveries keep coming."
- This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid - "Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago."
- Tutankhamun's inspiring 21st Century afterlife - "'Everywhere the glint of gold.' This is how the British archaeologist Howard Carter infamously recalled his first impression of the dazzling, treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun."
- Tutankhamun's last legacy emerges near the pyramids - "Inside the final resting place of Tutankhamun's treasures."
- Voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reproduced by 3-D printing a vocal tract - "The team were able to accurately reproduce a single sound, which sounds a bit like a long, exasperated 'meh' without the 'm.'"
- Who really discovered Tutankhamun's tomb? - "Howard Carter lead the team of archaeologists in finding Tutankhamun's tomb, but not much is said about the Egyptians who helped him. On the 100th anniversary of the discovery, an exhibition at the University of Oxford in the UK showcases some forgotten stories."
- Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses? - "The ancient Egyptians, it's important to note, ascribed important powers to images of the human form. They believed that the essence of a deity could inhabit an image of that deity, or, in the case of mere mortals, part of that deceased human being's soul could inhabit a statue inscribed for that particular person. These campaigns of vandalism were therefore intended to 'deactivate an image's strength,'.
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- Grand Egyptian Museum - since 2012. Also known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. The Museum will host over 100,000 artifacts from ancient Egyptian civilization, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, and many pieces will be displayed for the first time. With 81,000 m2 (872,000 sq ft) of floor space, it will be the world's largest archeological museum.
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Karnak Temple Complex
- LUXOR MUSEUM - inaugurated in 1975. Among the most striking items on show are grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) and a collection of 26 exceptionally well preserved New Kingdom statues that were found buried in a cache in nearby Luxor Temple in 1989. The royal mummies of two pharaohs - Ahmose I and Ramesses I - were also put on display in the Luxor Museum in March 2004, as part of the new extension to the museum, which includes a small visitor centre. A major exhibit is a reconstruction of one of the walls of Akhenaten's temple at Karnak.
- Museum of Egyptian Antiquities - Cairo. Known commonly as the Egyptian Museum. Home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.
- TUTANKHAMUN - at The Egyptian Museum.
Israel
 - Ancient altar rediscovered in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre - "Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages."
- Israel unveils parts of Herod's palace Herodium buried by Judean king - "Herodium, a hugely popular tourism destination, is near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank but falls in an area where Israel exercises full military and civilian control."
- LIST OF MUSEUMS IN ISRAEL - Wikipedia.
- Bible Lands Museum - Jerusalen. Explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible, among them the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians. The aim of the museum is to put these peoples into historical context.
- Caesarea - the ancient town was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as the port city Caesarea Maritima.
- Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' origins - "Salts used on Temple scroll are not common to Dead Sea region, researchers find."
- ISRAEL MUSEUM - Jerusalen. Founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. Among the unique objects on display are a carved female figurine considered the oldest artwork in the world; the interior of a 1736 synagogue from Suriname; necklaces worn by Jewish brides in Yemen; a mosaic Islamic prayer niche from 17th-century Persia; and a nail attesting to the practice of crucifixion in Jesus’ time. An urn-shaped building on the grounds of the museum, the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and artifacts discovered at Masada.
- Masada - ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by Roman troops at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people, the Sicarii rebels and their families who were hiding there. Masada is one of Israel's most popular tourist attractions.
- Qumran - archaeological site in the West Bank. It is located on a dry marl plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace.
- Shrine of the Book - wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran.
- Western Wall or Wailing Wall - an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the "Western Wall". The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod the Great. The Western Wall is considered holy due to its connection to the Temple Mount. Because of the Temple Mount entry restrictions, the Wall is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray, though the holiest site in the Jewish faith lies behind it.
- Yad Vashem - Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future. Yad Vashem is the second-most-visited Israeli tourist site, after the Western Wall, with approximately one million visitors each year. It does not charge any fee for admission.
Jordan
 - LIST OF MUSEUMS IN JORDAN
- PETRA - a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. A historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system.
- The Jordan Museum - located in Ras Al-Ein district of Amman. Built in 2014, the museum is the largest museum in Jordan and hosts the country's most important archaeological findings, including the 7500 BC 'Ain Ghazal statues which are regarded as one of the oldest human statues ever made by human civilization, animal bones dating back to 1.5 million years and Copper Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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