The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is one of the largest and most famous international museums, located in the heart of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the northern side of Tahrir Square.
It is considered one of the first museums in the world that was established unlike the museums that preceded it. The museum includes more than 150 thousand artifacts, the most important of which were found in the tombs of kings and the royal entourage of the middle family in the Dahshuri era. It is considered one of the most important places of tourism in Egypt
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The best activities in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
• You can see the façade of the museum, which is wonderful in French style, decorated with marble paintings of the most important and famous archaeologists in the world, and on the sides of the wooden entrance door are two large pebbles statues of two Romen-style women, but with pharaonic heads.
You can see the spacious interior halls and tall walls. Natural light enters through the glass panels on the ceiling and from the windows on the ground floor. As for the central hall of the museum, it is the highest part of the interior where the antiquities were exhibited, as they were in the old temples, as it fits with the requirements of the ease of movement of visitors from one hall to another.
The antiquities were distributed over two floors, the basement of which contains heavy monuments such as sarcophagi, statues, paintings, and wall inscriptions. The upper floor contains performances on specific topics such as manuscripts, statues of deities and royal mummies, the effects of daily life, pictures of mummies, incomplete sculptures, statues and utensils of the Greco-Romen period, and relics of other life beliefs, among others.
The times of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
From Saturday to Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday is closed
Prices of entry cards for the Egyptian Museum
The price of the entry card for an adult 50 pounds.
For children under 6 years, admission is free.
The best hotels near the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
The Ritz-Carlton Nile Hotel Cairo is a 5-star rating with a great rating among the best Cairo hotels, a few steps on foot from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Summary of Arab visitor ratings
The hotel has received great reviews about location, staff, services, hygiene.
Steigenberger Al Tahrir Hotel is a 4-star rating with a very good rating among the best Cairo hotels. Cairo is less than 5 minutes’ walk from the Egyptian Museum.
Summary of Arab visitor ratings
Overall the hotel received very good reviews.
The site of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
