Approximately 98 percent of the museum’s civil protection and construction work has been completed, the statement said. And Dalia Khattab, the minister’s advisor for the development of archaeological areas, explained that guiding panels and brochures for the museum and its artifacts are in development, alongside various other digital services. She said that other services will be provided for people with special needs, such as brochures written in Braille. The head of the Museums Sector, Moamen Othman, said that the museum has received various antiquities from different artifact warehouses and archaeological areas in governorates such as Alexandria, Ismailia, Beni Suef and Aswan. Displayed artifacts there include a group of taxidermied animals such as cats, scarabs, baboons, crocodiles and falcons.

Source: Egypt Independent July 11, 2020 14:03 UTC