A giant museum with a glowing alabaster facade and a roof in alignment
with the nearby pyramids will house King Tut's mummy and treasures along
with thousands of other artifacts, according to a design unveiled Wednesday.
Wednesday's design was the latest step in the government's ambitious
$500 million project for the Grand Museum of Egypt, which is intended to
gather in one spot at the foot of the pyramids some 100,000 artifacts, many
of which have been sitting in warehouses for decades with no room to display
them.
Egypt is negotiating with the Japanese Bank for International Development
for a loan for the project and plans its own fund-raising drive.
The $40 million that Egypt hopes to raise from a current tour of King Tutankhamun
artifacts in the United Sates will go toward the project...
Design for New Egyptian Museum Unveiled, AP via San Francisco Chronicle,
California, USA, June 22, 2005.
cf. New museum to house King Tut's mummy, AP via Redlands Daily Facts,
California, USA, June 22, 2005.
cf. King Tut getting a new home in Egypt, AP via MSNBC, USA, June 22,
2005.
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