Egypt's massive museum taking shape
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June 16, 2010, Wednesday
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EGYPT'S massive new museum for its famous antiquities 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.
A partial opening for the 485,622-square-meter museum complex, which will house King Tutankhamun's famed mummy and golden burial effects and a replica of his tomb, is set for autumn 2012.
Plans for the museum, which will replace the century-old building visited by millions annually in Cairo's heaving downtown, were first conceived in 2002 and it will display more than twice as many artifacts.
The museum will eventually house 100,000 artifacts, said Mohammed Ghoneim, the project's technical consultant. Tens of thousands of artifacts are currently locked away unseen in the old museum due to lack of space.
Egypt's first lady Suzanne Mubarak on Monday inaugurated the first two phases of the US$600 million Grand Museum of Egypt, which is located at the foot of the Giza pyramids.
The main achievement so far is the construction of the conservation center and already 122 conservators are at work.
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.
A partial opening for the 485,622-square-meter museum complex, which will house King Tutankhamun's famed mummy and golden burial effects and a replica of his tomb, is set for autumn 2012.
Plans for the museum, which will replace the century-old building visited by millions annually in Cairo's heaving downtown, were first conceived in 2002 and it will display more than twice as many artifacts.
The museum will eventually house 100,000 artifacts, said Mohammed Ghoneim, the project's technical consultant. Tens of thousands of artifacts are currently locked away unseen in the old museum due to lack of space.
Egypt's first lady Suzanne Mubarak on Monday inaugurated the first two phases of the US$600 million Grand Museum of Egypt, which is located at the foot of the Giza pyramids.
The main achievement so far is the construction of the conservation center and already 122 conservators are at work.
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.
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