Egypt Archeology

  epa02203376 An Egyptian archeological restoration technician works on a wooden coffin at the newly opened restoration lab of the new Grand Museum of Egypt in Cairo , Egypt , 15 June 2010 . According to the project ' s technical consultant , Mohammed Ghoneim , the museum is due to house some 100 , 000 artifacts . Tens of thousands of artifacts are currently locked away unseen to the public , in the old museum because of the lack of space to display them properly . The Grand Museum of Egypt will thus replace the 100 years-old building visited by millions annually in Cairo ' s downtown . The plans for it were first made in 2002it will be able to display more than twice as many artifacts as its predecessor . It will be located at the foot of the Giza pyramidsthe first two phases of the 600 million dollars project were inaugurated on 14 June by Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak .  EPA/KHALED EL FIQI
15 . 06 . 2010 18 : 16 : 23