Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum is home to a plethora of ancient treasures exhibiting the very best of Egyptian antiquities.

Egyptian Museum
Area

Cairo

Type

Art & Architecture

History

Grade

Standard

Who

Adults

Older Kids

Difficulty

Leisurely

Duration

1-2 Hours

Visit the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, The Egyptian Museum, hosting the most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. The expansive galleries of the Cairo Museum contain a staggering 120,000 exhibits, encompassing a unique wealth of ancient treasures from delicately ornate jewellery and towering granite statues. Its' most prized possessions though must surely be the treasures of Tutankhamun himself. His possessions include the magnificent golden funerary mask of the boy-king, which, along with the exquisite collection of artefacts unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, is ranked amongst the greatest of all archaeological finds.


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