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Location:
Egyptian Museum Cairo is located on central Cairo square.
History:
Egyptian Museum Cairo was first built in Boulak. After residing at the Palace of Ismail Pasha in Giza from 1880, the museum was placed to its present location at Cairo later in 1900. The Egyptian Museum Cairo was established by the Egyptian government in 1835, in order to prevent the antiquities from looting and to protect the rare artifacts.
Collection:
This great Egyptian Museum Cairo houses about 136, 000 ancient items. Besides the Tomb Artifacts of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the Royal Mummy Room, containing 27 royal mummies, is considered to be the major attraction of Egyptian Museum Cairo. King Zoser's Statue, Rahotep and Nofret, Khafre and Seated Scribe are some of the other masterpieces resting in Egyptian Museum Cairo.
Tomb Artifacts of Pharaoh Tutankhamun: It won't be wrong to say that there is no more famous group of artifacts in the world then those associated with the discovery of young King Tutankhamun's tomb. Some of the famous artifacts of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb are The Winged Scarab, Full Faced Funeral Mask, Gold Coffin, Granite Sphinx of Tuthmosis III, Tutankhamun's gilded and gem-studded throne.
Royal Mummy Room: Paying an extra charge to visit the Royal Mummy Room is not a bad deal. You can have a look at the royal mummies that are put on display in temperature controlled glass units. The 27 mummies will not fail to astonish you in the Royal Mummy Room.
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