One of the world's greatest Museums, it allows the visitor to become acquainted with the Antiquities of Egypt's Pharaonic period. Artifacts and Monuments on display date back some 50 Centuries before our time.
The Egyptian Museum was built during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897, and opened its doors on November 15, 1902. Today, the museum contains the most important collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Exhibited are over 120,000 objects from the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman periods, including the celebrated mummies of ancient Egyptian kings and the treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun. A special ‘Hidden Treasures’ exhibit in the museum’s re-designed basement features more than 150 artifacts on display for the first time.
IWNTA - SIGHTSEEING - Cairo - The Egyptian Museum
