Grand Egyptian Museum
- 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.
- http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/lower/cairo/museums/grand.html

The Grand Egyptian Museum
- 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 Febr
- http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html6/o050222i.htm

Grand Egyptian Museum Biggest Cultural Project in 21st Century
- At a press conference at the site of the new museum, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said the Grand Egyptian Museum is the biggest cultural project of the 21st century and discussed funding and other details; from ArabicNews.com (Egypt, Local, 6/24/2005).
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050624/2005062432.html

A Quieter Retirement
- Early report on the decision to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square in front of Cairo's main railway station to the new Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue No. 698,
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/698/eg7.htm

Statue Move's Massive Preparations
- Report on preparations to move the gigantic red granite statue of Ramses II from its current location in Cairo's Ramses Square to the Giza Plateau and installation outside the new Grand Egyptian Museum; by Nevine El-Aref in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Issue N
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/733/eg5.htm

Museum of the Millennium
- 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
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/642/he1.htm

The GEM and the Egyptian Architects--Bad Luck?
- 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.
- http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3575/1280_213/111030372/p1/article.jhtml

The Grand Museum of Egypt
- 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 informat
- http://www.gem.gov.eg/

Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of Grand Egyptian 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.
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020205/2002020532.html

Egyptian Raw Materials to be Used in Building Grand Museum
- 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.
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020302/2002030249.html

Neglect Puts a Damper on Museum's Treasures
- 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.
- http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/043098/muse30.html

Special Museums for Tutankhamen, the Royal Mummies in the New Egyptian Museum
- 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,
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000324/2000032424.html

Starting Steps of Establishing the New Egyptian Museum
- 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.
- http://arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991227/1999122701.html

President Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum
- 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.
- http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/President_Meetings_februray2002.html

New Egyptian Museum to be Erected Soon
- 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.
- http://www.guardians.net/sca/congress2000/congress_2000_pt2.htm

Mubarak Lays Foundation Stone of New Egyptian Museum
- Report dated 2/4/2002 that President Mubarak has implaced the foundation stone of the new Egyptian Museum; from ArabicNews.
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020204/2002020447.html

Egypt Builds New Home for Relics of Tutankhamun
- 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.
- http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F12%2F16%2Fwgiza16.xml

American Donations to Build the New Egyptian Museum
- An early (10/6/97) description of the new Egyptian Museum, its site, funding, and components; from ArabicNews.
- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971006/1997100625.html