One thing that's not mentioned is that this museum is a legacy making project of the Sisi administration, just like how the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was Mubarak's [0].
It shouldn't distract from the museum itself (it's actually really good), but it's interesting context to see how culture, history, and politics continue to overlap. It is also hard to overstate how much of Sisi's decisions are themselves around trying to define his own legacy in history in a manner that Mubarak, Sadat, and other strongmen in Egypt have tried.
no paywall: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/the-grand-egyptian...
One thing that's not mentioned is that this museum is a legacy making project of the Sisi administration, just like how the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was Mubarak's [0].
It shouldn't distract from the museum itself (it's actually really good), but it's interesting context to see how culture, history, and politics continue to overlap. It is also hard to overstate how much of Sisi's decisions are themselves around trying to define his own legacy in history in a manner that Mubarak, Sadat, and other strongmen in Egypt have tried.
[0] - https://www.snohetta.com/projects/bibliotheca-alexandrina
Instead of giant pyramids, it’s giant museums these days