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Al-Mashat highlights Discovery’s 1st promotional video for GEM
Khaled Al-Anany said that the opening ceremony of GEM planned by end of 2020
The world awaits the GEM’s inauguration in 2020: Japanese ambassador
Japan will excitingly encourage the Egyptian players including the Football National Team and the Egyptian Judo team, the ambassador assured, noting that the Egyptian-Japanese relations will continue to strengthen next year.
Grand Egyptian Museum receives 140 artefacts
The transferred relics will be showcased at the old kingdom hall at the GEM, while the others will be on display over the stairs of the museum.
Four giant relics moved to GEM from Egyptian Museum
The giant relics were displayed at the garden of the Egyptian Museum, and they were moved to be displayed at one of the GEM’s most capturing areas.
Restoration of Tanta Museum completed, ready for reopening end-August
The museum will also display banners and graphics telling the story of Al-Sayed Al-Badawi, a relative of the Prophet Mohammed, local media said.
Khufu Ship relics transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
Antiquities to undergo restoration along with Tutankhamun’s golden coffin
Hawas presents booklet of Tutankhamun’s GEM displayed relics
The GEM is planned to have the whole collection of Tutankhamun’s monuments
Grand Egyptian Museum revives tourism even before official inauguration
Construction work of museum due to end by mid- 2019, over 45,000 artefacts safely found home; GEM Director
Al-Sisi inspects GEM, Rawd Al–Faraj axis projects: presidency
Museum expected to be officially inaugurated in 2020
Grand Egyptian Museum receives another collection of Tutankhamen’s belongings
Antiquities belong to several ancient Egyptian eras varying from Egypt’s Old Kingdom until Late period
King Senusert’s giant head transferred to GEM for display restoration
Following the preparations for the Grand Egyptian Museum’s (GEM) soft opening, planned to take place next year, the giant head of the statue of King Senusert I was transferred on Friday from the Ministry of Antiquities’ storehouse at Salaheddin Citadel to the museum, in order to be restored and prepared to be among the displays …
Opera about Tutankhamun’s life celebrates opening of Grand Egyptian Museum
Play is written by Zahi Hawas, features dramatic events of young pharaoh’s short life
Qualified companies for GEM operation bids to be announced by mid-August: Nasr
Project’s first stage will be inaugurated in Q1 2019, says antiquities minister
Tutankhamun’s last chariot arrives at Grand Egyptian Museum
Striding to another step on the path of collecting all of Tutankhamun’s belongings at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) before its opening planned to take place this year, the Ministry of Antiquities, with the help of armed forces, transferred on Saturday the sixth and last of Tutankhamen’s chariots from the Military Museum at the Citadel …
Fire erupts at Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza
No losses recorded because of fire
GEM prepares for high-level international participation at opening ceremony
Japanese co-financed project to be complete by December, open end-January
Egypt to inaugurate Grand Egyptian Museum in H2 2018
We received new $450m loan from Japan to complete museum, Tawfik says
Ramses II colossus to finally settle at Grand Egyptian Museum
400-metre journey cost EGP 13.6m, has been prepared for 3 months
Ramses II colossus to be erected at Grand Egyptian Museum display spot
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anany approved on Monday the final preparations for transferring the colossus of Ramses II to the final location it is planned to be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), to be opened in 2018. The statue is planned to be transferred from its current location in the GEM’s storage to …
Antiquities Ministry to complete tender system study of Grand Egyptian Museum’s management by December
Japanese companies likely to win management of the museum
Constructions in the Grand Egyptian Museum reach 70%
Total cost of the establishment of the Great Egyptian Museum amount to $1bn, funded by several bodies, including JICA by $760m in a facilitated loan of two tranches
New artefacts transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
The transported blocks are engraved with pictures of women holding offerings while practising religious rituals in a temple
Second of Tutankhamen collection transferred to Grand Egyptian museum
The relics includes a collection of dried dates, onions, garlic, wheat and doum.
King Tutankhamun’s funerary bed to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
The team packed materials that are free of acidity and units dampening vibrations during the bed’s transportation, says head of first aid restoration at the Grand Egyptian Museum The Grand Egyptian Museum is preparing to host King Tutankhamun’s funerary bed in its halls. Earlier on Wednesday, a team of Grand Museum workers went to the …
Antiquities ministry to allocate EGP 10m for Grand Egyptian Museum’s employees’ wages next FY
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate EGP 10m in wages and salaries for the Grand Egyptian Museum’s employees in the state budget of fiscal year (FY) 2017/2018, according to an official at the Ministry of Antiquities. The official said that the government has decided five months ago to transform the …
Pound flotation hinders calculation of artefact cost in Grand Egyptian Museum
52% of the project was implemented by the end of November
$460m loan from Japan to finance construction of Grand Egyptian Museum
Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and Japanese ambassador to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa signed on Monday a $460m loan to finance the second phase of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anany also signed the loan agreement for the project with Teruyuki Ito, chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Nasr …
Construction of Grand Egyptian Museum to be completed by year’s end and partially opened in mid-2017: Minister of Antiquities
Museum of Islamic Art will be reopened this month and the Museum of Malawi next month
$300m needed to complete Grand Egyptian Museum: Antiquities Ministry
Costs are above previous figures due to drop in Egyptian pound’s value, says Minister of Antiquities
Antiquities ministry requests EGP 488m to continue projects: Cabinet spokesman
Better exploitation of antiquities will achieve more income than Suez Canal, says Mehleb