Egypt - Cairo Museum

Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Egypt – 2018. The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Museum of Cairo is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. The current building on Tahrir Square in central Cairo was opened in 1902. One section of the museum contains a large display of items recovered from the tomb of King Tutankhamen’s which is one of the only pharaohs’ tombs not to have been opened and robbed in antiquity. A new replacement museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum is currently under constructions in Giza and is scheduled to open in 2021.

The main entrance to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities which opened in 1902

Statue in the front yard of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Statue in the front yard of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Statue in the front yard of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus

Ancient swords

Detail of the back of one of King Tutankhamen’s chairs

One of King Tutankhamen’s chairs

Calcite (Alabaster) Vessel of Nile Gods holding the symbol or a unified Egypt, from the tomb of King Tutankhamen

Alabaster boat from the tomb of King Tutankhamen

Gilded Headrest of ivory and gold from the tomb of King Tutankhamen

Statue of a jackal from the tomb of King Tutankhamen

King Tutankhamen’s alabaster Canopic Jars which were used to store his organs such as liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines

A painted wooden box from the tomb of King Tutankhamen

The Grave Mask of king Amenemope of the 21st dynasty

Mummy mask of Psusennes I

Mummy in Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Mummy in Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

Mummy mask