"For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States." Really? I thought

"For 100 years, Egypt’s scientists have watched as their nation’s story was largely told by institutions from Europe and the United States." Really? I thought Egyptology had been under iron control for at least 30 years, to the point of researchers complaining anything not following the ministry's narrative got shut down (I don't know if they were justified complaints or if the ministry was wrong per se). From when I toured Egypt a few decades ago, I remember talking to a sculptor who made ends meet selling cheap, mass produced statuettes to tourists (his actual sculptures were quite good, but not something for a tourist like me to take home). He showed me the coffee table book he worked from when he needed to copy an artifact. We pointed out that one of the originals he pointed to was literally just down the road in the Karnak Museum. He pointed out that he couldn't afford the entrance fee. There was no local pricing. I could understand needing to make money with its economic problems, but doing it in a way that kept the history from its poor majority seemed callous. I suspect this mega complex will be no better, not wanting the unwashed to offend the sensibilities of the wealthy tourists.