Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Grand Museum Now Scheduled For 2015
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The roar of bulldozers, trucks and rock-crushers will soon be heard again on the Giza plateau as construction work is resumed following a year's hiatus. On Tuesday, at a gala ceremony in the administration building...
- 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...
- Update On The Grand Egyptian Museum
State Information Service In the first field trip to the Grand Egyptian Museum, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni inspected on Tuesday 17/7/2007 the second phase which is due to be completed by the end of this year. The phase includes setting up a power...
- Sis Statement About The Grand Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o240625b.htmThe Egyptian State Information Service has released a statement about the new museum planned for the Giza Plateau. The enitre item is quoted here: " Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the Grand Egyptian...
Egypt
New Egyptian museum to cost LE5 billion
Al Masry Al Youm
Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali has announced the start of the final phase of construction at the Grand Egyptian Museum, scheduled for inauguration in 2015. The new museum is being built on the Cairo-Alexandria Road, overlooking the Giza Pyramids
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Ali said that representatives from Besix Group, the Belgian company that won the bid for the project, recently attended a ceremony for the start of the final phase, along with a number of foreign ambassadors.
Ali said that the overall cost of the project will be LE5 billion, adding that the Japanese government had provided a large part of the funding as a soft loan to be repaid within ten years of inauguration.
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Grand Museum Now Scheduled For 2015
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The roar of bulldozers, trucks and rock-crushers will soon be heard again on the Giza plateau as construction work is resumed following a year's hiatus. On Tuesday, at a gala ceremony in the administration building...
- 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...
- Update On The Grand Egyptian Museum
State Information Service In the first field trip to the Grand Egyptian Museum, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni inspected on Tuesday 17/7/2007 the second phase which is due to be completed by the end of this year. The phase includes setting up a power...
- Sis Statement About The Grand Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o240625b.htmThe Egyptian State Information Service has released a statement about the new museum planned for the Giza Plateau. The enitre item is quoted here: " Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the Grand Egyptian...