Cairo's 'mother of Egyptian museums' set for revamp

Ivan Surkos, Head of Eurpean Union Delegation to Egypt, and Sahar Nasr, Egypt's Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, sign an agreement for a European grant to renovate the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt June 16, 2019. REUTERS/Sameh Elkhatib

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Sunday launched a revamp of the Egyptian Museum, promising to preserve and enhance the storied site even as it loses its most famous collection.

Located in the heart of Cairo on Tahrir Square, the Egyptian Museum has long been the foremost home for the country's bounteous collection of antiquities.