Al-Ahram Weekly Online
20 - 26 September 2001
Issue No.552
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New York
Modern showcase for ancient history
International tenders will be invited later this month to build a state-of-the-art antiquities museum overlooking the Giza pyramid necropolis. Nevine El-Aref reviews the initial plan and the objects to be exhibited in one of the world's most ambitious new museum projects

Spain
Respite for Menkaure
The "third" pyramid is in the limelight again. The pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the trio at Giza is being given a well-deserved rest from tourists, writes Nevine El-Aref.

Dig days
Adventure in the Bent Pyramid
By Zahi Hawass

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