Grand Egyptian Museum 70% complete

Construction on the Grand Egyptian Museum has reached the 70% mark, bringing it on track to meet its soft opening deadline next year, the museum’s general director and head supervisor Tarek Tawfik tells Daily News Egypt. Some 4,000 of more than 5,000 artifacts associated with the Tutankhamun collection have been moved there. The c. USD 1 bn project is mostly funded through the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which provided USD 760 mn, while the Egyptian government is putting up USD 300 mn.