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» A Quieter Retirement
   Early report on the decision to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square in front of Cairo's main railway station to the new Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue No. 698,
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/698/eg7.htm

» American Donations to Build the New Egyptian Museum
   Description of the new Egyptian Museum, its site, funding, and components; from ArabicNews.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971006/1997100625.html

» Egyptian Raw Materials to be Used in Building Grand Museum
   In this story, Ali Al-Saiedi, Egyptian Minister of Industry and Technological Development, announces that Egyptian raw materials will be used in building the new Grand Museum of Egypt; from ArabicNews.com.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020302/2002030249.html

» Grand Egyptian Museum Biggest Cultural Project in 21st Century
   At a press conference at the site of the new museum, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the Grand Egyptian Museum is the biggest cultural project of the 21st century and discussed funding and other details; from ArabicNews.com (Egypt, Local, 6/24/2005).
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050624/2005062432.html

» Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of Grand Egyptian Museum
   Story from ArabicNews.com relates that Egyptian President Mubarak laid the foundation stone for the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located at the beginning of the Fayoum desert road, three kilometers from the Pyramids.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020205/2002020532.html

» Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum
   Report that President Mubarak has implaced the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020204/2002020447.html

» Museum of the Millennium
   An account of the international competition to design a new Grand Museum of Egypt, presentation of awards to the three finalists by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak and Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, and a description of the site and contents of the new museum; from
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/642/he1.htm

» Neglect Puts a Damper on Museum's Treasures
   Associated Press article by Jasper Mortimer, explaining space, security, environmental, and display problems in the Egyptian Museum, and why a new facility is badly needed; from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
   http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/043098/muse30.html

» New Egyptian Museum to be Erected Soon
   A report presented at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptology (Cairo, 28 March-03 April 2000) provides a brief history of the Egyptian Museum and why a new facility is urgently needed; by Naglaa El Zahlawi.
   http://www.guardians.net/sca/congress2000/congress_2000_pt2.htm

» Special Museums for Tutankhamen, the Royal Mummies in the New Egyptian Museum
   Brief notice, relating that the Egyptian Culture Ministry has decided to specify museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies, Ramses II, and the royal jewelers in the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. Special museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000324/2000032424.html

» Starting Steps of Establishing the New Egyptian Museum
   Brief article relating the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's receipt of feasibility studies and technical designs for the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.
   http://arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991227/1999122701.html

» Statue Move's Massive Preparations
   Report on preparations to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from its current location in Cairo's Ramses Square to the Giza Plateau and installation outside the new Grand Egyptian Museum; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue N
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/733/eg5.htm

» The GEM and the Egyptian Architects--Bad Luck?
   Khaled Asfour's Egyptian view of the Grand Egyptian Museum competition and the Egyptian architectural education system which, he contends, restrains creativity; by Khaled Asfour in The Architectural Review, October 2003.
   http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3575/1280_213/111030372/p1/article.jhtml