Egyptian Museum

Main entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The Egyptian Museum, formally known as the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, is a museum in Cairo, Egypt, which has a large collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 120,000 items. The museum's Royal Mummy Room, shows some mummies of New Kingdom kings and queens.

Another large museum of Egyptian antiquities is Egyptian Museum of Turin, which is the only museum other than the Cairo Museum that is dedicated only to Egyptian art and culture.

Egyptian Museum Media

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  Aerial view 1904 from a balloon where the Egyptian Museum appears to the right side.

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  The Egyptian Museum in the 1950s.

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  Interior of the Egyptian Museum

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  Memorial to famous Egyptologists

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  The Gold Mask of Tutankhamun, composed of 11 kg of solid gold

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  The Grave Mask of king Amenemope of the 21st dynasty

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  Mummy mask of Psusennes I

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  Ramesses III prisoner tiles

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  Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

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  Khufu Statuette, an ivory figurine of Khufu

Other websites

• Egyptian Museum in Cairo Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Egyptian Museum of Turin