Abdeen Trip Overview
Make the most of Cairo’s celebrated Egyptian Museum with this half-day tour with a qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Discover one of the world’s greatest collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the death mask of Tutankhamen. Tour includes transport to and from your Cairo hotel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Abdeen, Egypt
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Make the most of Cairo’s celebrated Egyptian Museum with this half-day tour with a qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Discover one of the world’s greatest collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the death mask of Tutankhamen. Tour includes transport to and from your Cairo hotel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle.
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Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
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. As of March 2019, the museum is open to the public. In 2020 the museum is due to be superseded by the new Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.
Duration: 3 hours
