The Grand Egyptian Museum / Heneghan Peng Architects

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Text description provided by the architects.Internationally renowned architecture firm heneghan peng architects celebrates the official completion of its design for the Grand Egyptian Museum. Located just over one mile away from the Pyramids ofGiza, the Museum is a testament to the longevity and scale ofancient Egyptian civilizationand its enduring influences. Designed to house 100,000 artifacts, the Museum is thelargest in the world dedicated to a single civilization. The full completion is marked by the opening of the Tutankhamen gallery, which will display the entire collection of over 5,000 artifacts to the public for the first time. heneghan peng designed the Museum indirect relation to the positioning of the pyramids, thoughtfully bridging the gap between history and modernity.