The German Bundestag has agreed to allocate 10 million euros from the German government’s budget for 2019-2020 to complete the Atun Museum in Minya and to help implement the museum’s exhibition scenario, the head of the Museums Sector at the Antiquities Ministry Elham Salah said on Monday. An archaeological engineering committee reviewed the latest developments at the museum on Monday, in preparation for the project’s completion following the approval of the Bundestag to finalize the museum. The committee included Salah and the head of the Projects Sector Waadallah Abul Ela, alongside several officials from the Antiquities Ministry. Work resumed once the former Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb decided in 2015 to allocate LE40 million. From 1979 to 1995, more than one site was chosen for the establishment of the museum, including Tal al-Amarna and the New City of Minya until it was agreed between the Ministry of Antiquities and Minya Governorate to allocate the current site on the eastern bank of the Nile at Minya city.

Source: Egypt Independent December 04, 2018 11:37 UTC