Initial stages of new Grand Egyptian Museum completed
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The Grand Egyptian Museum now has a power plant, a fire station and its own conservation center, and over the next two years it will become home to some 100,000 artifacts.
The main achievement so far is the construction of the new conservation center to restore damaged antiquities. Established with Japanese technical assistance, the center includes 12 laboratories for restoring, scanning and studying mummies as well as artifacts made from pottery, wood, textiles and glass. Already 122 conservators are restoring and preparing 6,800 artifacts that will one day be showcased in the Grand Egyptian Museum.
A documentation unit is also working to create a computerized database for all the artifacts.
Tens of thousands of artifacts are currently locked away unseen in the old museum due to lack of space to display them.
A partial opening for the 120-acre Grand Egyptian Museum complex, located at the foot of the Giza pyramids is set for the fall of 2012.
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