Grand Egyptian Museum Completes Construction in Giza After Three Decades
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Lizzie Crook
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Summary
The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza has reached completion after more than three decades of planning and construction. Designed by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects, the massive museum spans 50,000 square meters near the Pyramids of Giza and will house over 100,000 pharaonic antiquities, many of which have never been publicly displayed before. The project represents a major cultural and architectural achievement for Egypt's heritage preservation.
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Sprawled across a 50,000-square-metre site close to the Pyramids of Giza, the colossal museum houses more than 100,000 pharaonic antiquities – many that have never been made public before.
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