History of The Egyptian Museum
Egyptian Museum, For most people, the idea of witnessing real magic is quite absurd but everything changes when you step inside one of the oldest museums in the world. It contains the biggest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts which makes it a house of absolute wonder and beauty. The Egyptian Museum. contains many artifacts from the different stages of the
ancient Egyptian civilization’s evolution. The history of the Egyptian museum goes way back it was first constructed in 1835 near Ezbekeyah Garden but was later moved to the Cairo citadel by Mohammed Ali in order to protect the heritage of Egypt. All of the Egyptian museum artifacts
were given to Archduke Maximilian. of Austria in 1855 and are still located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. So, a new improved museum was built in 1858 in Boulaq under the director of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities Auguste Mariette but it. was
unfortunately damaged by the Nile River Flood. In 1902, a new museum was established in the city that Never Sleeps Cairo in front of the Voice of Freedom the Tahrir Square which remains the official Contents of Inside the Egyptian museum are about 120,000 rare magical artifacts from
2700 BC at the beginning of Egypt’s old kingdom to Egypt’s New Kingdom even the Greco-Roman Period. The building. consists of two floors, the first floor (Ground Floor) and the second floor. The ground floor holds all the massive displays like coffins, masks, large states, stones
tablets, and items found in the royal tombs of many Kings. and Queens. The second floor contains a lot of smaller objects like jewelry, papyrus papers, funerary objects, and most of the displays of many royal tombs. The artifacts are organized according to the historical periods starting
with the old kingdom up to the Greco-Roman period. One of The most famous artifacts is the Narmer Plate which tells the story of the unification battle at the hands of King Menes and is part of the legacy of the age of pyramids in the old era. On the ground floor, statues of king Khufu,
Khafre and many others will be found. Most of the monuments are in the Museum. belong to the New Kingdom (1550-712 BC) covering three dynasties from the 18th to the 20th, these artifacts differ from the crown, wooden objects, and gold statues of goddess-like Hathor, Amun to luxurious
belongings of many. Kings and Queens such as Thutmosis III, Thutmosis IV, Amenophis II, Egypt’s most powerful Queen Hatshepsut, The Great Ramses II also, of course, the famous Boy-King Tutankhamen, and many others from the new kingdom.
