- The Museum of Cairo is also known as the ‘Museum of Egyptian Antiquities’ or the ‘Egyptian Museum’ and is located in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt.
- The Museum holds 120,000 items, the largest collection in the world of Finds from the Pharaohs of Egypt. It will be replaced soon after 2022 by the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.
Exhibits
- Second Floor
- The Museum holds the Gold Mask and other Finds from the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
- It holds Artifacts from many of the Tombs of the Pharaohs, found in the Valley of the Kings, including items from the Tombs of Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III.
- First Floor
- Papyrus and coins from the Greek, Roman and Islamic Periods.
- Statues, Tables and Sarcophagii from the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE)
- Other Exhibits
- Diary of Merer
- This is a logbook describing the transport of limestone blocks along the Nile to build the Great Pyramid.
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo: