Egyptian Museum

While this famous museum is often called The Cairo Museum, it is actually The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. It is a a fascinating, overwhelming, incredible place.It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.During the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the museum was broken into, and two mummies were reportedly destroyed.Several artifacts were also shown to have been damaged.

 The Egyptian Museum was first built in Boulak. In 1891, it was moved to Giza Palace of "Ismail Pasha" which housed the antiquities that were later moved to the present building. The Egyptian Museum is situated at Tahrir square in Cairo. It was built during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897, and opened on November 15, 1902 .It has 107 halls. At the ground floor there are the huge statues. The upper floor houses small statues, jewels, Tutankhamon treasures and the mummies.

The Museum also comprises a photography section and a large library. The Egyptian museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological order:-

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  The first section houses Tutankhamon's
  treasures.There is little doubt that the most famous icon from Ancient Egypt is the funerary mask of Tutankhamun.
  It is a stunning example of the Ancient goldsmith's art.
  The mask itself is made of solid gold, inlaid with lapis lazuli, cornelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise and colored glass.The Gold Mask of Tutankhamun, composed of 11 kg of solid gold.
  The Cairo Museum contains a great deal of Tutankhamun's 'treasure' in addition to the Mask.

  

  The Gold Mask of Tutankhamun

  
  

• The second section houses the pre-dynasty and the Old Kingdom monuments.
  

• The third section houses the first intermediate period and the Middle Kingdom monuments.
  

• The forth section houses the monuments of the Modern Kingdom.

• The fifth section houses the monuments of the late period and the Greek and Roman periods.

• The sixth section houses coins and papyrus. there is an extensive collection of papyrus and coins used in the Ancient world. The numerous pieces of papyrus are generally small fragments, due to their decay over the past two millennia. Several languages are found on these pieces, including Greek, Latin, Arabic, and the Ancient Egyptian writing language of hieroglyphs. The coins found on this floor are made of many different metals, including gold, silver, and bronze. The coins are not only Egyptian, but also Greek, Roman, and Islamic. This has helped historians research the history of Ancient Egyptian trade.

• The seventh section houses sarcophagi and scraps.

Egyptian mummies

A hall for the royal mummies was opened at the museum, housing eleven kings and queens. More than a million and half tourists visit the museum annually, in addition to half a million Egyptians.

Therefore, if you go to the Egyptian Museum, you will spend a wonderful time and very interesting and you will see already the greatest civilization in history it is the ancient Egyptian civilization of a special nature and effects that have not previously seen before. You'll learn how ancient Egyptians were great in all areas, embalming, architecture, military , agricultural and commercial center. You'll also learn history of Pharaoh of Egypt

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