Sunday, May 22, 2005

New location for museum of antiquities

http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o220525j.htm
"Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni stated that the first phase in constructing the Grand Museum of Egypt at Cairo-Alexandria desert road has already started. One of the Egyptian companies is paving the new location on 117 feddans and at a cost of L.E 5 million. Farouk Hosni affirmed that everything concerning the construction is undergoing accurate according to set schedules. He said that there is no problem in the finance and there are alternatives as the finance we get from the Supreme Council of Antiquities besides the international aid from international agencies. For the first time we have an American commitment for hosting 'Tutankhamen' exhibit in four American states and the aid will be directed to the Museum construction".
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