Grand Egyptian Museum heads toward completion

A $1 billion museum complex situated on the Giza plain overlooking the Great Pyramids is nearing completion in Egypt after a nearly decade-long delay.  The massive structure, initially planned by Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects, is being completed now, The Art Newspaper reports, under the direction of Major General Atef Moftah, an official appointed in 2016 by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to finish the project. Moftah, who is a trained engineer, has taken over executing the design of the complex and has adapted the initial proposal to speed up construction and lower costs, the report states. View of the massive statue of Ramses the Great installed in the museum's atrium. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia user Djehouty.The Art Newspaper explains that the structure is "96.5% complete" and will make its global debut sometime in 2021.  The massive museum complex will contain over 5,000 artifacts discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen as well as a large collection of ancient stat...