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Firms bid to build Grand Egyptian Museum
Forty companies are vying to build the final phase of Egypt’s new $550 million museum which will showcase the largest collection of pharaonic treasures in the world. These firms submitted pre-bid documents for the main construction phase of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will span 117 acres overlooking the great pyramids of Giza and will... »
Truly a Gem of a Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece, a fit home for the display of the most outstanding objects produced by Egypt’s 7,000 years old civilisation. After eight years of work, the first two phases of the project — including a power plant, fire station, fully equipped conservation centre with... »
Initial stages of new Grand Egyptian Museum completed
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... »
Deciphering the Rosetta Stone debate
Image via Wikipedia Andie Byrnes has posted a compendium of articles regarding the repatriation of the Rosetta Stone. Much of the information is of course repetitive, and while the majority if not all of the writers seem to agree on keeping the historic relic at the British Museum, comments are divided. We live in a much different... »
Grand Egyptian Museum project moves forward
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which culture officials say will be finished by 2012 at a cost of about US$592 million (Dh2.2bn), will improve the way Egypt’s celebrated patrimony is preserved and displayed to millions of visitors from around the world. Last year, GEM secured $300m from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation in the... »
Tourism and Archaeology: Can both coexist?
It took about 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, archaeologists believe. It will take about the same amount of time for the Grand Egyptian Museum to be completed. Given the scale of the project, it is not entirely surprising. Conceived in 1992, the US$550 million (Dh2.02 billion) museum is an undertaking worthy... »
