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American Donations to Build the New Egyptian Museum
An early (10/6/97) description of the new Egyptian Museum, its site, funding, and components; from ArabicNews.
www.arabicnews.com
Egypt Builds New Home for Relics of Tutankhamun
Article by Nicole Veash (filed from Cairo 16/12/2001), describing plans to build the world's largest museum of Egyptian antiquities near the Pyramids of Giza; from NewsTelegraph.co.uk.
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Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum
Report dated 2/4/2002 that President Mubarak has implaced the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.
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New Egyptian Museum to be Erected Soon
A report presented at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptology (Cairo, 28 March-03 April 2000) provides a brief history of the Egyptian Museum and why a new facility is urgently needed; by Naglaa El Zahlawi.
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President Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum
Under date February 4, 2002, photograph shows Egyptian President Mubarak laying the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; official photo from News Desk of The Egyptian Presidency website.
www.presidency.gov.eg
Starting Steps of Establishing the New Egyptian Museum
Brief article, dated 12/27/1999, relating the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's receipt of feasibility studies and technical designs for the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.
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Special Museums for Tutankhamen, the Royal Mummies in the New Egyptian Museum
Brief notice, dated 3/24/2000, relating that the Egyptian Culture Ministry has decided to specify museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies, Ramses II, and the royal jewelers in the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. Special museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies in the new Egyptian Museum, Egypt, Culture. ArabicNews.com - Your source for Daily News about the Arabic world.
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Neglect Puts a Damper on Museum's Treasures
Associated Press article by Jasper Mortimer (published April 30, 1998), explaining space, security, environmental, and display problems in the Egyptian Museum, and why a new facility is badly needed; from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
seattlepi.nwsource.com
Egyptian Raw Materials to be Used in Building Grand Museum
In story dated 3/2/2002, Ali Al-Saiedi, Egyptian Minister of Industry and Technological Development, announces that Egyptian raw materials will be used in building the new Grand Museum of Egypt; from ArabicNews.com.
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Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of Grand Egyptian Museum
Dated 2/5/2002, this story from ArabicNews.com relates that Egyptian President Mubarak laid the foundation stone for the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located at the beginning of the Fayoum desert road, three kilometers from the Pyramids.
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Official website of the Grand Museum of Egypt Project, published by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture; contains sections on the project, the competition, and project management, architectural renderings, exhibits, announcements, updates, and other information.
www.gem.gov.eg
The GEM and the Egyptian Architects--Bad Luck?
Khaled Asfour's Egyptian view of the Grand Egyptian Museum competition and the Egyptian architectural education system which, he contends, restrains creativity; by Khaled Asfour in The Architectural Review, October 2003.
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An account of the international competition to design a new Grand Museum of Egypt, presentation of awards to the three finalists by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak and Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, and a description of the site and contents of the new museum; from Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 642 (12-18 June 2003).
weekly.ahram.org.eg
Statue Move's Massive Preparations
Report on preparations to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from its current location in Cairo's Ramses Square to the Giza Plateau and installation outside the new Grand Egyptian Museum; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue No. 733, 10-16 March 2005).
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Early report on the decision to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square in front of Cairo's main railway station to the new Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue No. 698, 8-14 July 2004).
weekly.ahram.org.eg