Egyptian Antiquities Museum Review

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Egyptian Antiquities Museum

  • Address: al-Mathaf al-Masri, Maydan Tahrir, Cairo
  • Phone: 02/575-4319
Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.4/5

Fodor's Review:

At the north end of Maydan Tahrir is a huge neoclassical building that houses the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. With more than 100,000 items in total, it is said that if you were to spend just one minute on each item, it would take over nine months to complete the tour. Needless to say, you need to be selective, and it's a good idea to hire a museum guide or buy the comprehensive and practical Egyptian Museum in Cairo: Official Catalogue (£e100). The famous Tutankhamun collection is on the museum's upper floor; look for its beautiful gold funerary mask and sarcophagus, ancient trumpet, thrones, the four huge gilded boxes that fit one inside the other, and a royal toilet seat to boot. Also upstairs is the royal Mummy Room, which houses 11 pharaonic dignitaries. If you are discouraged by the Mummy Room's steep entrance fee, don't miss the assortment of mummified animals and birds in the adjacent room, which has no additional charge.

  • Cost: £e20; Mummy Room £e40; additional £e10 to use your camera and £e100 to use your video recorder
  • Open: Daily 9-4:30
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Reviewed by bridget_sh20 from all over on 10/12/07
although it is very hot and stuffy there are a couple of rooms with ac wich was wonderfull for me every it says on the net that if you pay extra money the will let you take pictures in the mummy room ofcourse by the time we got the in august of 06' they changed that rule to no amount of money will allow you to take a pic so that sucked the museum was smaller than what i expected wich was also a downside but overall was still worth it to go

Member Rating: 4.4
Ratings details: Experience: 4.0 Ease: 5.0 Value: 4.0 Don't Miss: 5.0
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