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Egyptian Museum
المتحف المصري (El-Matḥaf El-Masri)
المتحف المصري
Established 1902
Location Cairo, Egypt
Type History museum
Collection size 120,000 items
Architect Marcel Dourgnon

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities.

It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.

Built in 1901 by the Italian construction company Garozzo-Zaffarani to a design by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the edifice is one of the largest museums in the region.

In 2021 the museum is due to be superseded by the new Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.

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  • ساحة المتحف المصري

    Interior of Egyptian Museum

  • Kairo Museum Auguste Mariette 02

    Memorial to famous Egyptologists

  • CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed

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

  • Mask of Amenemope1

    The Grave Mask of king Amenemope of the 21st dynasty

  • Golden Mask of Psusennes I

    Mummy mask of Psusennes I

  • Canaanites and Shasu Leader captives from Ramses III's tile collection; By Niv Lugassi

    Ramesses III prisoner tiles

  • Statua colossale di Amenhotep III e tiye con henuttaneb 01

    Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

  • Khufu CEM

    Figurine of Khufu

  • Khafre statue

    Khafre Enthroned

  • Menkaura Bust Closeup

    Statue of Menkaure

  • GD-EG-Caire-Musée061

    Bust of Akhenaten

  • Egypt Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut statue

    Statue of Hatshepsut

  • Narmer Palette smiting side

    Narmer Palette

  • Merenptah Israel Stele Cairo

    Merneptah Stele

  • General Wendjebauendjed mask

    Mummy mask of Wendjebauendjed

  • Cairo museum 2

    Rahotep and Nofret (2575-2550 BC)

  • Cairo museum 3

    Dwarf Seneb with his wife (2400-2500 BC)

  • Cairo museum 4

    Canopic box from Tutankhamun's tomb

  • Cairo museum 5

    Throne of Tutankhamun

  • Cairo museum 6

    Wood sculptural composition depicting a cattle census scene (2000 BC)

  • Cairo museum 8

    Pyramidion from the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur

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