The Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Al-Tayeb Abbas announced Tuesday that 98 percent of construction work at the engineering facilities of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has been completed. Several other areas in the museum have been finalized as well, he added, even in spite of the coronavirus pandemic causing progress to decline. Total investment in the Grand Egyptian Museum project stands at about one billion dollars, according to local news reports. Constructed nearby the Giza Pyramids on approximately 500,000 square meters, the new Grand Egyptian Museum will house the world’s largest antiquities collection belonging to a single culture’s heritage. The GEM is set to showcase 5,000 relics from Tutankhamun’s collection as well — including 2,000 artifacts displayed for the first time.

Source: Egypt Independent February 10, 2021 10:41 UTC