Egypt
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack)
- Phase 3 Of The Grand Egyptian Museum To Go Ahead
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) announced today the name of the two companies that won the bid to construct the third and last phase of the Grand Egyptian museum overlooking the Giza plateau. It consists of the...
- Egypt's Gem To Showcase Its Glorious Past
BERNAMA The plains of Giza where the pyramids and Sphinx - among the world's seven wonders - are located, is expected to unveil another tourist attraction once the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is completed in 2015. GEM, also known...
- Remaking Egypt's Shelves
Egypt Today (Michael Kaput) With grand plans for a museum in every governorate, the SCA is looking to spring history from its tourist trap. The building that houses the office in charge of the nation’s museums at the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)...
- Museum: Grand Egyptian Museum
Yahoo! News Hill International (NYSE:HIL - News), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that a joint venture between Hill and EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from the Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council...
- New Website: Grand Egyptian Museum
Grand Egyptian Museum Thanks to Fred Sierevogel for the link to this website for the new Grand Egyptian Museum, of which I was previously unaware. Most of the links lead to a message saying "Under Construction", but it's one to keep an eye on. Here's...
Egypt
Museum: Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack)
Finished in 2560 BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza took 20 years to build. 3,000 years on, it doesn’t look like major Egyptian construction projects have hurried up any.
It was recently announced that the opening date for the Grand Egyptian Museum – the massive centerpiece attraction of the epic new vision for the Giza plateau, two and a half kilometres from the pyramids – has been pushed back to 2013, after the latest in a long-running series of delays for the building. The project was officially commenced in 1992, which means that even if the GEM does open on schedule now, it will itself have taken at least a full 20 years to finally come to fruition. History never lacks a sense of irony, does it?
To be fair, the GEM is no small undertaking.
- Phase 3 Of The Grand Egyptian Museum To Go Ahead
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) announced today the name of the two companies that won the bid to construct the third and last phase of the Grand Egyptian museum overlooking the Giza plateau. It consists of the...
- Egypt's Gem To Showcase Its Glorious Past
BERNAMA The plains of Giza where the pyramids and Sphinx - among the world's seven wonders - are located, is expected to unveil another tourist attraction once the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is completed in 2015. GEM, also known...
- Remaking Egypt's Shelves
Egypt Today (Michael Kaput) With grand plans for a museum in every governorate, the SCA is looking to spring history from its tourist trap. The building that houses the office in charge of the nation’s museums at the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)...
- Museum: Grand Egyptian Museum
Yahoo! News Hill International (NYSE:HIL - News), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that a joint venture between Hill and EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from the Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council...
- New Website: Grand Egyptian Museum
Grand Egyptian Museum Thanks to Fred Sierevogel for the link to this website for the new Grand Egyptian Museum, of which I was previously unaware. Most of the links lead to a message saying "Under Construction", but it's one to keep an eye on. Here's...