Cairo’s Egyptian Museum

 

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Cairo’s Egyptian Museum

Cairo’s Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo could mark either the beginning or the end of any trip to Egypt.

Only a quarter of the exhibits are actually on display, although this is enough to gauge the wealth of the pharaoh’s civilisation. The star attraction of the museum, the treasure of Tutankhamen, offers a glimpse of what these grand pharaohs, such as Ramesses or Khufu are all about. The museum is packed with, even overflowing with, the treasures of Egypt. Tutankhamen’s gold is there of course, accompanied by his usual fan club. Mummies are numerous, the statues innumerable, the sarcophaguses multiple. Your head swivels from one marvel to the next. Founded in 1858 by Auguste Mariette and enriched and grown by Gaston Maspero and his successors, the museum’s collection is made up of almost half a million objects, of which only 120,000 are exposed. Our advice is to amble through the museum where the will takes you, through the corridors and past the display windows. Avoid the know-it-all guides and take in only what interests you with the help of the interactive guides (a real technological marvel), which you can hire at the museum’s entrance.
Category : Egypt Monuments
items Date : 20/01/2010
Author of items : Charles Rossignol