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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.