Egypt will soon open a new archaeological museum in the New Administrative Capital’s (NAC) cultural district in the upcoming months, adding up to the country’s growing museum collection, Invest-Gate reports.

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Almasa Group signed on August 23 the cooperation protocol of establishing the site, under which the Supreme Council of Antiquities will supervise it, choose the displayed artifacts, and design the showrooms, according to a recent ministerial statement.

The council will also be responsible for selecting the two-floor building’s 1,000 antiquities and relics that reflect the richness of Egypt’s civilizational and cultural history; they will be lent to the museum for a period of ten years, with an option for renewal, the statement noted.

Built on 8,500 square meters, the museum’s entrance will be decorated with two Egyptian obelisks that were brought from Sharqia’s eastern San Hajar area. It will also boast the newly-discovered Toto Cemetery, which was recently dismantled and relocated from Sohag to NAC, Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri remarked.

The protocol is one among a series signed during the last few months between other governmental entities to develop and open new archaeological sites, while upgrading services offered to its local and international visitors. The latest was an agreement with the housing ministry to restore the ancient Saqqara archaeological area, in addition to another one to establish new museums in Marsa Matrouh and Kafr El Sheikh, Waziri underlined.