Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza under construction - in pictures

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  • An archaeologist brushes an artefact at one of the Grand Egyptian Museum's restoration labs.
    An archaeologist brushes an artefact at one of the Grand Egyptian Museum's restoration labs.
  • An Egyptian conservator cleans a limestone, in the conservation centre of Egypt’s Grand museum under construction, just outside of Cairo. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    An Egyptian conservator cleans a limestone, in the conservation centre of Egypt’s Grand museum under construction, just outside of Cairo. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • Egyptian archaeological restoration technicians work on an ancient Egyptian mummy at the restoration lab of the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Egyptian archaeological restoration technicians work on an ancient Egyptian mummy at the restoration lab of the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • Egyptian archaeological restoration technicians work on wooden pieces at the restoration lab. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    Egyptian archaeological restoration technicians work on wooden pieces at the restoration lab. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
  • An Egyptian archaeological restoration technician works on a limestone board marked with hieroglyphs. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
    An Egyptian archaeological restoration technician works on a limestone board marked with hieroglyphs. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
  • Egyptians workers review a blueprint next to the construction site of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
    Egyptians workers review a blueprint next to the construction site of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
  • An Egyptian worker looks at the construction site of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
    An Egyptian worker looks at the construction site of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt. Khaled Elifiqi / EPA
  • An Egyptian construction worker works at the construction site of Egypt’s Grand Museum, just outside of Cairo. Amr Nabil / AP
    An Egyptian construction worker works at the construction site of Egypt’s Grand Museum, just outside of Cairo. Amr Nabil / AP
  • Egyptian conservationists clean a female mummy dated to Pharaonic late period, (712-323 BC), in the conservation centre of Egypt's Grand Museum, that's currently under construction. Amr Nabil / AP
    Egyptian conservationists clean a female mummy dated to Pharaonic late period, (712-323 BC), in the conservation centre of Egypt's Grand Museum, that's currently under construction. Amr Nabil / AP
  • An Egyptian archeological restoration technician works on a limestone board marked with hieroglyphics. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
    An Egyptian archeological restoration technician works on a limestone board marked with hieroglyphics. Khaled Elfiqi / EPA