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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo |
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Background:
The Egyptian government established the Egyptian museum in 1835. The current building was built in the year 1900 following the Neo-classical style. The museum has in store more than 1, 20,000 objects ranging from pre-historic era to the Graeco-Roman period. The museum is one of the most significant tourist attractions in Egypt housing many of the rarest treasures in history.
Accessibility:
International flights are available directly to Cairo or through many European cities. Packaged tours and charter flights are also available.
Description: The museum comprises of 107 halls. The ground floor has many huge statues. Small statues, jewels, Tutankhamen treasures and the mummies are housed in the second floor.
The Museum also constitutes of a photography section and a big library. It has numerous sections arranged in chronological order; the wide range collection includes:
- Throne of Tutankhamen made of stone, gold, and silver belonging to the 'Eighteenth dynasty.'
- Ivory headrest of Tutankhamen
- Extracted page from the Book of the Dead at Maiherperi
- Stone carving from the reign of Queen Hatshepsut from Eighteenth dynasty
- An Offering to Aton
- Painted limestone carving of the Pharaoh Akhenaton volunteering to AtonRameses II Smiting Enemies
- False Door of Nikare
- Painted limestone carving of the marching soldiers of Tutankhamen
- Stela of King Ahmose
- Painted limestone from the reign of Amenophis IV from Eighteenth dynasty
- Coins and papyrus
- Sarcophagi and scrabs and many more priceless treasures of history
Library of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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The library is particularized in old Egyptian civilization with all its branches including
- History
- Mathematics
- Literature
- Arts
- Medicine
The library is regarded to be one of the most important libraries all over the world, documenting Egyptian history.
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