The Minister of Antiquities Khaled El Anany, has announced that currently, the achievement of the work at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is more than 70% compared to less than 20% in 2016, at the 4th International Tutankhamun Conference on Saturday, at Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel. ‘’We are planning to open the first phase with the complete Tutankhamun. We will be ready with the first phase by December 2018 then we will decide on the date of the opening because it will be a big international ceremony,’’ announced El Anany. The 117 acres museum is set to be the largest archaeological museum in the world; it will have a passage between the museum and the Giza plateau to facilitate the movement of tourists between the two attractions which are about two kilometers apart. The minister also stated that work is going according to schedule, with the partial opening set to be at the end of this year. A documentary screened at the conference revealed that the storage area, the restoration and conservation labs were functioning; 200 restorers were working around the clock to finish restoring artifacts on time for the…
