Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Work is underway at Giza to complete the Grand Egyptian Museum by 2012

This week we return once again to the Giza plateau with this recent observation. Talking Pyramids reader and explorer Leszek Zadlo snapped this photo of some large earth moving trucks on the south-west corner of the plateau. They appear to be working in the area of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the construction of which is currently underway.

Over eight years after personally laying the foundation stone, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni signed the contract last month for phase 3 of the GEM’s construction. According to Hosni, this phase would be completed in 26 months, in time for the opening of the museum around June 2012.

“It will be the biggest cultural project in the world…a cultural high dam that fulfills Egyptians’ dreams and belongs to the whole world.”

More information:
Dr Zahi Hawass: Grand Egyptian Museum
Egypt State Information Service: Culture Ministry inks contract with GEM managers
Photo of Giza by Leszek Zadlo. All rights reserved.

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Tags: GEM, Giza, museum

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