Cash crunch looms over Tutankhamun's 'new home'

[Article] Hundreds of artefacts, never before displayed, from the treasure of King Tutankhamun are set to be unveiled in a "mega museum" under construction near the Giza pyramids. But nearly a decade after the Grand Egyptian Museum -- dubbed "Tutankhamun's new home" -- was conceived, the project is far from complete.


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In Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, this pink neoclassical landmark has been around for more than a century: the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.Inside, thousands of mummies, statues, and other relics from ancient Egypt.The museum holds 163,000 artefacts but more than 100,000 are kept in storerooms, hidden...
This article was published Wednesday, 12 August, 2015 by AFP
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Cash crunch looms over Tutankhamun's 'new home'


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