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