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Egyptian Museum | Artifacts are simply placed everywhere

| Artifacts are simply placed everywhere.📝 The Egyptian National Museum is one of the must-visit attractions in Cairo. As the most famous museum in Egypt, it displays countless artifacts spanning from the ancient Egyptian to the Roman period. 📍Address: The museum is located at Liberation Square, Google Maps can navigate directly, there is a parking lot, and the subway can also get there. 📍Tickets: 450 Egyptian pounds, cannot be paid in cash directly, but you can find someone at the entrance to swipe a credit card for you. 📍Time: 9:00-17:00 📝 The Egyptian Museum houses over 120,000 artifacts, which were founded in 1858 by the Frenchman Mariette. The museum is divided into two floors, displaying relics and exhibits from the ancient Egyptian period to the Roman rule era. 1️⃣ The first floor of the museum mainly displays general artifacts from ancient Egypt, divided into three major parts according to chronological order: the New Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the Old Kingdom, spanning from around 1550 to 1069 BC, including statues, tables, sarcophagi, columns, and relief walls. 2️⃣ The second floor has different exhibition rooms, displaying the most precious artifacts, among which the treasures of the museum such as Tutankhamun's golden mask, anthropoid gold coffins, and the golden throne are located here. 📝 The interior of the museum is not large, but the sheer number of artifacts on display is breathtaking, with many artifacts simply placed around without any protective measures. 📝 If you are interested in Egyptian culture, you can spend a good half day here. Ordinary visitors should be able to tour in about 3 hours. If you want to see more details, you can watch some documentaries in advance as homework, and hire a guide, although the quality of the guides is entirely a matter of luck. 📝 Another thing to note is that the mummies in the Egyptian Museum have all been moved to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, so if you want to see the mummies, you'll have to visit another museum.
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Posted: Mar 20, 2024
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