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Zahi Hawass describes the search of the entire Egyptian Museum and storage sites across Egypt for artifacts to comprise an unprecedented exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Egyptian Museum on November 15, 1902; with photographs by Kenneth Garrett. From National Geographic.

Published by the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt, and the Egyptian Tourist Authority; over 40 essays on all periods of Egyptian history, from Lower Paleolithic to British Occupation.

Official Site of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. Information on Egyptian travel, plus resources on history and monuments, including ministry newsletters.

Hidden in the Egyptian desert for 1,700 years, the newly-discovered Gospel of Judas, a 26-page manuscript written in the Coptic script used by Egyptian Christians, offers a surprising take on Christianity's most reviled man; by Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News.

Egyptian medical web site for the heart. The Egyptian Heart Societies, Journals and Meetings.

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.

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 February 05, 2002.

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.

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.

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.