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This is the most popular site of the egyptian museum, besides the mummies area. It is located on the second floor, on the top of the new kingdom area. After the stairs, on the second floor, you will see the four shrines (gold platted) of King Tut. The silet room will be located between the 3rd and 4th shrine. The main attraction of the room will be the 11kg of King Tut Face Mask. This one used to travel across the miles to other countries (big exhibitions in US museums). Other than that, you will see many things from King Tut`s tombs around this room too. You cant imagine how they made all of these golden attires on King Tut`s mummies in thousands of years ago. Taking pictures is strictly prohibited. Nevertheless, the view is breathtaking and will be remained in your memory forever.
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The museum (pink color) is located across to the Nile Hilton Hotel in Egypt, just a block form Tahrir Square. The opening hours will be from 0900AM to 0600PM.The gate will be opened for the museum entrance until 0500PM. Morning time will be very crowded with the tourists, you may come in the afternoon if you are not taking a group tour. There will be a checking alarming gate at the museum main gate and at the museum`s entrance. The entrance fee will be 50LE and you have to pay extra 100LE (oh my) if you want to enter the mummies room (will be paid inside the museum). You will get half price with your student card. It is prohibited to take pic inside the museum. You may take pictures at the museum yard though. You have to keep your camera in the `locker room`,next to the security checking at museum gate; before you enter the museum building.. It will be located on your left side when you face the museum entrance. Get your number, keep it, and show your number again to colect your cameras later. Take the museum tour first and spend some time on its yard later after the tour. Too bad that they don`t provide museum map and brochure for the visitors` convinience.If you like history and archeology, dont take a tour guide. The time will be limited. Bring a handbook with you and explore the museums by yourself for all the day.
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 King Tuts Golden Mask by Heavens-Mirror The Egyptian Museum has the gretest collection of Pharaonic treasures in the world & is one of Cairo's most popular sites. My favourite gallery at the museum would have to be the Tutankhamum galleries where there is the life sized gold mask of King Tut & is just one of a collection of 1700 items from the tomb of the King. You can also see King Tuts throne & lots of other things including Ancient Egyptian Jewellery & also The Royal Mummy Room... you have to enter the mummy room in silence where the mummies lie & are arranged around the room in an anti clockwise order. This is well worth seeing.
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 Egyptian Museum by sue_stone The Egyptian Museum houses the most spectacular collection of ancient artefacts I have ever seen. There is so much to see that you could never take it all in during one visit. Unfortunately we only had about 90 minutes to spend in the museum, which was barely enough time to scratch the surface. We headed straight for the Tutankhamun Galleries. The treasures that were extracted from the Tomb of Tutankhamun are amazing - so opulent, and of course the spectacular Death Mask has got to be seen to be believed. I can't even begin to try and describe how incredible all the treasure were that we saw. If you are lucky enough to make it to Egypt, make sure you make more time than we did to visit the museum. Please note that no cameras are allowed in the museum. Leave a Comment
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THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM built between 1897 and 1900 and stuffed with the 100 000golden treasures of pharoahs and the hordes of archaeological finds tracing Egyptian civilization over more than 5,000 years. The crowds tend to beeline for the golden, lapis-encrusted face of Tutankhamun and his other sumptuous funerary objects that made such a splash when they were discovered and later toured the world. It would literally take months to see everything on display, but don't miss The Palette of Narmer, a symbol of the original unification of Egypt more than five millennia ago. The best time to visit is in the afternoon, after the crowds thin. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6p.m. anyhow Egyptian Museum is one of the greatest museums in Egypt i advice any1 who come to egypt to visit it or you'll miss much and dont forget that The Egyptian Museum has more displays that render visitors speechless, including the royal Mummy Room where famous pharaohs lie in state. You come face-to-face with the exposed mummified head of Rameses II, the greatest pharaoh of all time.(but try to respect them cuz they were great kings, believe me they can feel that your watching them) (as far as i remember entering the museum will cost you 40pounds(1USD=7 EG POUNDS) if you are non egyptian and for egyptian just 2pounds while entering the mummies room will cost you about 40egyptian pounds as well if you are a non egyptian while egyptians just pay 5egyptian pounds lol lucky me:p) Leave a Comment
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 The Mummies Room Ticket, Egyptian museum by pangtidor The entrance fee for the royal mummies hall will be 100LE (February 2007), aside from 50LE of Egyptian museum entrance ticket!We were really shocked to see how the ticket`s fee of this room has been increased for few months!! After seeing the tips from the VT member and getting an information from a friend who just came from Egpyt, we were expecting that the ticket will be around 50LE. It`s been doubled within few months, so be prepared for the unimaginable expensive ticket fee for this room. Student card holder will get half price. On the coridor going to the room after the security checking, you will see some small artifacts, the mummification instruments and the things they found nearby the mummies. In the mummies room itself, you will see the mummies lied down on the glass boxes (less than 20 mummies). Each mummy will have their own note in arabic and english. The most interesting mummy for me will be THE RAMSES II, located in the middle of the room. I was really dissapointed to see the room by myself. It looks dull, has many trash on the floor, and the things (I think the museum workers things) are upside down at the corner of this room. What a traggic view in the room that should be considered as their national treasure.
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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is a huge red brick building housing some of the most incredible things I've ever seen. There is an entire section with nothing but Mummies in it. It'll take you two to three hours just to see them all. The first floor is basically the first Phaoronic period stuff. Lots of statuary, mummies, jewelry, artwork. So incredible! the second floor is second Phaoronic Period stuff including almost all of the stuff found in the tutenkhaman pyramid. Lots of beds, chariots, household items, jewelry, boxes within boxes to protect his mummy. really fascinating things to gawp at! there are also tons models found in a pyramid that show what everyday life was like at the time of the Pharaohs. Plan to spend at least three hours minimum. You really need all day to see everything and gain an understanding of the Egyptians lives way back then. Be sure and check out the gardens in the front and sides of the main building. there's a beautiful water garden with papyrus and lotus, the symbols of upper and lower Egypt. cost is 20 LE for adults mummy room 40LE hours are 9AM to 2 PM Leave a Comment
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 Tiny Statue of Cheops by saraheg77 There are lots of tips about the museum, so I thought I'd give one about a statue I liked. This is the statuette of King Khufu (also known by the greeks as Cheops). He was Pharaoh in the 4th Dynasty (Old Kingdom) from about 2551-2528 B.C. This statue is made out of ivory and is on the Upper Floor in room 48. It is the only surviving complete representation of the great king Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. The king sits on the throne wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt and holds the " nekhekh " scepter of dignity in his right hand. The face shows features of an old man with strong personality. This is the oldest and smallest (2 or 3 inches tall) surviving representation of a pharaoh. Leave a Comment
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 Egyptian Museum Entrance by hekate Having in mind the tremendous historical and cultural heritage of ancient Egypt, it is surely a place you should see when visiting Cairo. The museum has impressive collection. I had spend there half a day and I think it was not enough. People like me who admire arts will find that they will probably need at least 2-3 days to see the whole museum. When you go there do not forget to go and see the Tutankhamon Hall. You may take pictures inside of the museum as long as you do not use flash. Of course, for the pleasure of doing this you should pay extra charge :) Outside the museum locals will try to sell you papyruses. If you really want to buy one - bargain! You will get a better price. Leave a Comment
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 King Tut's headpiece by ATXtraveler Within the Egyptian museum, they have an entire wing dedicated to the tomb of King Tut. During the time of grave robbing, King Tut (who died prematurely) was lucky enough not to have alot of records of his life, and his burial was therefore not well recorded. This allowed his grave to be undisturbed until a lucky kick of a donkey! Highly educational experience, and I would definitely recommend seeing this 25lb gold headpiece! Leave a Comment
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