Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decision to establish a general authority named the “Grand Egyptian Museum” and to be affiliated with the antiquities ministy and to have the staus of legal personality.

The site chosen for the Grand Egyptian Museum is only 2 km from the legendary Pyramids. The Giza plateau Memphis and its Necropolis nominated by UNESCO among the world Cultural Heritage Sites, contains irreplaceable monuments from across time. The museum complex will be built on a plot of land approximately 117 feddans, about 480,000 square meters. 

The partial inauguration of the museum is expected in May 2018.

Source: MENA