The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo
It is now more than 160 years since the ancient Egyptian artifacts were first exhibited in Cairo and almost 100 years since the opening to the public of the present Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square in the heart of Cairo.
The Egyptian Museum contains some 150.000 artifacts created over a period of more than 5,000 years and includes masterpieces of art such as those found in the tomb of king Tutankhamun, whose images are now etched into the consciousness of millions of people across the globe.
The Museum was inaugurated in 1902. It is in the neo-classic style to be suitable for the exhibition of Egyptian monuments.
It consists of two floors, the ground floor is devoted to the great sculptural works, arranged chronologically, covering the history of Egypt from the Archaic and proto-dynastic periods through to the late Saitic, Persian and Greco-Roman periods. The second floor is displayed in the collection and the most important is that of king Tutankhamun. In April 2021 the Egyptian government moved 22 royal mummies to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization “The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade”