An early (10/6/97) description of the new Egyptian Museum, its site, funding, and components; from ArabicNews.

Architectural renderings and "Architects' Account" by Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects, who in June 2003 won the international architectural competition to design the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza; from Irish Architecture Online.

Article by Nicole Veash (filed from Cairo 16/12/2001), describing plans to build the world's largest museum of Egyptian antiquities near the Pyramids of Giza; from NewsTelegraph.co.uk.

Describes conference and exhibition programs to mark the Egyptian Museum's 100th anniversary, renovations made and planned for the current building in Cairo, and the planned transfer of major pieces to the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza; by Heba Kandil, for Reuters (8 Dec 2002).

An early (April 13, 1998) mention of plans for the new Egyptian Museum, in the context of upgraded security at the Tahrir Square building; press release from Egypt State Information Service.

In story dated 3/2/2002, Ali Al-Saiedi, Egyptian Minister of Industry and Technological Development, announces that Egyptian raw materials will be used in building the new Grand Museum of Egypt; from ArabicNews.com.

News release dated February 07, 2002 describes the location, design competition, funding, exhibits, and workrooms in the new Egyptian Museum; from Egypt State Information Service.

A brief summary of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest museum of Egyptian artifacts in the world, current as of June 2003, when the design competition was won by Dublin-based Heneghan Peng Architects.

Report dated June 09, 2003, relates that, at a celebration that evening at the Egyptian Museum in Al Tahrir square, Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak would distribute the awards of the world competition to design the Egyptian Grand Museum.

Dated 2/5/2002, this story from ArabicNews.com relates that Egyptian President Mubarak laid the foundation stone for the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located at the beginning of the Fayoum desert road, three kilometers from the Pyramids.

Report dated 2/4/2002 that President Mubarak has implaced the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.

Video clip (10:47 minutes) of the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Egyptian Museum, held on 4 February 2002; from Egypt State Information Service.

An account of the international competition to design a new Grand Museum of Egypt, presentation of awards to the three finalists by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak and Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, and a description of the site and contents of the new museum; from Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 642 (12-18 June 2003).

Associated Press article by Jasper Mortimer (published April 30, 1998), explaining space, security, environmental, and display problems in the Egyptian Museum, and why a new facility is badly needed; from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

A report presented at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptology (Cairo, 28 March-03 April 2000) provides a brief history of the Egyptian Museum and why a new facility is urgently needed; by Naglaa El Zahlawi.

Under date February 4, 2002, photograph shows Egyptian President Mubarak laying the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; official photo from News Desk of The Egyptian Presidency website.

Brief notice, dated 3/24/2000, relating that the Egyptian Culture Ministry has decided to specify museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies, Ramses II, and the royal jewelers in the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews. Special museums for Tutankhamen, the royal mummies in the new Egyptian Museum, Egypt, Culture. ArabicNews.com - Your source for Daily News about the Arabic world.

Brief article, dated 12/27/1999, relating the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's receipt of feasibility studies and technical designs for the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.

Khaled Asfour's Egyptian view of the Grand Egyptian Museum competition and the Egyptian architectural education system which, he contends, restrains creativity; by Khaled Asfour in The Architectural Review, October 2003.

Outlines a vision of the Grand Egyptian Museum and provides design parameters, objectives, a description of the site, collections to be housed, and steps to be taken in the architectural competition; from the Egyptian State Information Service, dated February 05, 2002.

Official website of the Grand Museum of Egypt Project, published by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture; contains sections on the project, the competition, and project management, architectural renderings, exhibits, announcements, updates, and other information.

Photograph of the then-new Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, taken by Sydney Upton on 29 October 1906; from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.