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Grand Egyptian Museum to be inaugurated in 2020
The most awaited Grand Egyptian Museum is getting ready to be inaugurated by 2020. The museum is intended to showcase Egypt’s ancient treasures while drawing tourists to help fund its future development. The project has been delays due to various reasons and now the works are progressing with accelerated pace to be inaugurated by 2020. Meanwhile, the costs of the project has soared from an initial USD 650 million to over USD 1 billion, with most of the financing coming from Japan. Japan is not only one of the museum’s major financial partners, it is also playing a key role ... Read more