Detailed interactive map Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo is an unbelievable treasure house of riches. The Egyptian government established the ‘Service des Antiques de l’Egypte’ in 1835 mainly to halt the plundering of archeological sites and to arrange the exhibition of the collected artifacts owned by the government. The Egyptian Museum was first built in Boulak. In 1891, it was moved to Giza Palace of "Ismail Pasha". The present museum was built in 1902, in the neo-classical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. This museum exhibits over 120000 objects, some of the important groups of these objects are artifacts from the tombs of kings and members of the royal families of the Middle Kingdom found at Dahshur; from the royal tombs of Tuthmosis III, Tuthmosis IV, Amenhotep III and Horemheb and the tomb of Yuya and Thuya. Artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun, consisting of more than 1700 are displayed in the museum, just as different precious objects from many others tombs and temples.
The Museum has 107 halls. At the ground floor there are the huge statues and an extensive collection of papyrus and coins used in the Ancient world. The upper floor houses small statues, jewels, Tutankhamon treasures and the mummies. The Museum also comprises a photography section and a large library.
