Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany said on Friday that his ministry is considering relocating several of the sphinxes from Karnak Temple in Luxor to the Grand Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. During a visit to Luxor on Friday, Anany said that the ministry would arrange the sphinxes within their new locations the same way as they are currently posing in Luxor’s Avenue of Sphinxes. Explaining the move, Anany said this would give the two museums a large new tourist attraction. According to the Antiquities Ministry, the Grand Egyptian Museum’s construction has been completed at 88 percent and is set to open by 2020. The GEM is expected to be one of the largest museums in the entire world presenting a heritage devoted for a single civilization.

Source: Egypt Independent April 22, 2019 11:03 UTC