Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said that the first stage of Sharm El-Sheikh museum will be completed in three months' time.

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr. Zahi Hawass said that the museum is being constructed on a surface of about 30 feddans.

Hawass said this stage includes also Roman Theatre and a Cafeteria.

The supervisor of the project Abdul Hamid Qutb said that the second stage will start early next month, then the museum will be ready to open next year.

Some 1400 Pharaonic artefacts will be displayed at the museum.

1400 Pharaonic artefacts displayed at Sharm El Sheikh Museum, State Information Service, Egypt, July 30, 2005.