The Egyptian Museum

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The Egyptian Museum

 is one of the largest and most famous international museums, located in the heart of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the northern side of Tahrir Square.  Its establishment dates back to the year 1835 and its location at that time was in Azbekiya Park, where at that time it included a large number of various antiquities, then it was transferred with its contents to the second exhibition hall in Salah al-Din Citadel, until the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who was working at the Louvre Museum, thought of opening a museum in which he would display a collection  Among the antiquities on the shore of the Nile at Bulaq, and when these antiquities were exposed to the danger of flooding, they were moved to a special annex to the palace of Khedive Ismail in Giza, then the Egyptologist Gaston Maspero came and opened in 1902 during the reign of Khedive Abbas Helmy II the new museum building in its current location in the heart of Cairo.

 


Seventy-three design projects competed for the construction of the museum building, and in the end the design of the French architect Marcel Dornon, who designed a creative work, was chosen to be the first museum in the world built to be a museum and not a building modified into a museum.  That period.  The styles and architectural elements in the museum were influenced by classical Greek art and architecture, and it did not contain any influences of ancient Egyptian art and ancient Egyptian temples except in the design of its rooms or in the design of its interior halls, as the entrance to the halls simulates the edifices of ancient Egyptian temples.

you can see in it                      


The golden mask of Tutankhamun



Tutankhamun Collection.       


Tutankhamun throne chair.     

Prehistoric times: 

This group includes different types of pottery, decorative tools, hunting tools, and the requirements of daily life, which represent the product of the Egyptian before writing, which settled in many places in Egypt in the north, center and south of the country. 

The era of foundation: It includes the effects of the first and second dynasties, such as the Salat of Narmer, the statue of Khasekhemwy, and many utensils and tools.

The era of the Old Kingdom:

 It includes a group of artifacts, the most important of which are the statues of Djoser, Khafre, Menkaure, the Sheikh of the country, the dwarf Seneb, Pii I, his son Meri that Ra, many coffins, statues of individuals, wall pictures, and the Queen Hetepheres group. 

The Middle Kingdom era:

 This group includes many artifacts, the most important of which is the statue of King Mentuheb II and a group of statues of some kings of the 12th dynasty, such as Senusret I, Amenemhat III and others, and many statues of individuals, coffins, ornaments, tools of daily life, and pyramids of some Fayoum pyramids

The era of the New Kingdom: It is the most famous group in the museum, headed by the collection of the little pharaoh Tutankhamun, statues of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Ramses II, in addition to war chariots, papyri, ornaments, Akhenaten’s collection, the Israel painting, statues of Amenhotep III and his wife T, a set of amulets and writing and agricultural tools, then a group of royal mummies that are displayed  In its own hall, which opened in 1994, until the royal mummies were transferred to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat as part of the ceremony for the royal mummies procession in 2021.

Late Ages: 

The collection includes a variety of artifacts, including the treasures of Tanis made of gold, silver and precious stones, which were found in the tombs of some kings and queens of the 21st and 22nd dynasties in San al-Hajar, in addition to some important statues such as the statue of Amun, Mentumhat, a statue of the goddess Tawert, and the decision board of Canopus (  Abu Qir), the painting of Ankhi, and a group of Nubian antiquities, some of which were transferred to the Nubian Museum in Aswan. 


The main hall.                              










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