Cairo's Egyptian Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Some 150,000 pieces are exhibited, and another 30,000 are held in storerooms. This book carries full-color illustrations of many of the masterpieces of ancient art in the museum from the decorated vases...
Photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows a mummy coffin painted with god Anubis at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai) CAIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- On the occasion of the International Museum Day, which falls on May 18, the canine-headed ancient Egyptian god Anubis can b...
It was during this cleaning operation that the small hidden chamber was discovered, filled with twenty-four almost perfectly preserved models. Eventually, half of these went to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 46721), and the other half came to the Metropolitan Museum in the partition of finds. ...
The Temples of Abu Simbel The Egyptian Museum in Cairo Exploring the Nile Valley Whether you're gliding down the Nile in a luxury cruise or meandering through the vibrant streets of Cairo, the opportunities to immerse in the grandeur of ancient Egypt are endless. Accommodations ranging from bouti...
Amīnah al-Saʿīd was an Egyptian journalist and writer who was one of Egypt’s leading feminists and was a founder (1954) and editor (1954–69) of Ḥawwaʾ (“Eve”), the first women’s magazine to be published in Egypt. At age 14, Saʿīd join
Cairo: Egyptian MuseumGalleries in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The oldestsecularlearned academy in Egypt, the Institut d’Égypte, was founded in 1859, but itsantecedentsgo back to the institute established by Napoleon in 1798. The institute was badly damaged by a fire during the uprising again...
Placed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the mummy was famously issued a passport in the 1970s, when it began deteriorating quickly and had to be transported to Paris for examination and treatment for a fungal infection. By far the most ambitious building project undertaken during the reign ...
CAIRO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed the remains of a mud-brick building in North Sinai province that was used as a royal rest house at the eastern gate of ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in...
Egypt Best Holidays 335 Cairo, Egypt Joined in February 2019 Adel B 0 contributions My trip in Giza I thank my friends for this enjoyable trip. I was able to see the Pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, and my friend Sherif he...
It is located right in the middle of down town Cairo, in Tahrir Square. It is the biggest treasure of ancient Egyptian artifacts. Whether it’s a wrapped mummy or a granite statue or pure gold, it’s all there in the Egyptian museum. The space of the museum is huge and is as rich...