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Top 5 Must See Items at the Egyptian Museum


The Egyptian Museum is a magnet for many visitors to Cairo. 


There is no place like this - where else can you see so many Egyptian artifacts in one place? I love the Egyptian Museum, but I feel a commitment to make sure everyone knows the visit is not without challenges. The artifacts are not well marked - I can't imagine doing them without a guide or, at least, a guide. Guides can be reserved in the yard outside the museum - presumably "official", but I cannot confirm. Many hotels catering to Westerners can recommend guides, and you can also find guides through travel books.

The exhibits are arranged somewhat randomly, the lighting is not great, and billboards - if any - do not provide much information about the artifacts. And for the photo celebrities, I have bad news: cameras are not allowed inside the museum. You should check the cameras at a gate in the yard, and the bag inspection machine and security guards ensure that you cannot slip into them. Phones are allowed, but documents roam around in showrooms and can fine to take secret photos (or make you erase them).

But that entire aside, the museum is full of impressive artifacts from the ancient kingdom to the period of Roman rule.

Top 5 Must See Items At The Egyptian Museum:


(1) Mummy Rooms.
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The museum entry fee does not include visiting the mummy rooms, which cost an additional 100 pounds (about $ 15), but these rooms must be visited. Each mummy occupies its own temperature control box, and visitors can still see many features, including fingers, nails, teeth and hair. The best preserved mummy is probably the malignant Ramses II, who ruled for 67 years and fathered over 100 children. His long white hair (which may have been yellow during mummification) testifies to his age at his death.

(2) Cap-Aper Statue.
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This gorgeous wooden sycamore statue differs from anything else in the museum. The oldest priest in the ancient kingdom was charged with praying for the dead, and his lifelike eyes, made of copper, quartz and rock crystal, seem to stare at visitors. Ca 'Aper stands with his left foot in front of his right hand, a sign of strength and strength, and his round stomach - a sign of wealth - is covered in a straight skirt. Senior in room 42.

(3) Tut's Canes. 
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Although he was still a teenager when he died, King Tut suffered from a number of ailments, including the club's foot, which necessitated the use of sticks. In the atrium outside the mask room, one of the cases displays over 100 reeds in Tut's tomb. The handles of many canes carved into the shapes of Egypt's enemies - the round African head cane are distinct in shape and features from Asian cane that has the shape of its beard and almond-shaped eyes.

 (4) Seneb Statue
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In room 32, you can see a statue of Seneb and his happy family. If you look carefully, you will notice that Seneb was a dwarf, but the sculptor cleverly placed the sons of Seneb below to hide his short legs. Snape sits beside his affectionately-embraced wife.

(5) Tut Mask. 
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Most of the museum's upper floor is dedicated to treasures unearthed in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Among the most famous of these treasures, of course, is his death mask, which can be found in room 3. The back of the 11 kg pure gold mask shows simple wear, but the facade is almost perfect. Room 3 also contains some fine jewelry of blueberry and two coffins, one of which is made of pure gold and the other is gold-plated. Egyptologists seem to disagree over the killing of 19-year-old Tut, although we know from recent tests on his mummy that he has malaria.

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