Egypt says it has retrieved 5,000 artefacts from US

[Who2]

So it's quite surprising that Egypt needs to 'hand out it's begging bowl,
to fill up that bloody great space called The New Grand Egyptian Museum.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/africa ... us-3271666

They have tons of stuff just lying around all over the place down in the basements
of my favorite museum,....
that charming & unpretentiously named Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.

Lets hope, our very own British Museum tells them to 'imshee right off. p.d.q....

Ps:The total estimated project cost is US$550m, US$300m of which will be financed from Japanese loans, the remaining will be financed by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and other donations.

It's that bit 'donations that gets me....

[newcastle]

The original cost of the Grand Egyptian Museum was estimated to be around $500 million, but delays, changes, and other factors have driven the final price tag for the complex to over $1 billion.....hence the begging bowl.

There’s no shortage off stuff lying around Egypt in warehouses etc . And they’re digging more out of the ground at Saqqara.

Of course they’d love a few “capital” items returned....not a load of Coptic manuscripts.

Hawass still eyes the Rosetta Stone and bust of Nefertiti with envy.

Dream on Zaki....