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The Egyptian Museum:
Article 01 :
In the heart
of Cairo, at one of the most famous squares in it, El-Tahrir Square,
from anywhere inside Cairo or Gizah, just hire a taxi and he'll drive
you there right away.
A
collection of about 120,000 objects including; mummies, masterpieces,
games and lot of status and possessions for Ancient Egyptian kings and
queens. Tutankhamon collection contains splendid pieces of arts due to
finding his tomb intact.
The
Egyptian museum was established in 1900. It is by far the most valuable
museum of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Located at the heart of
Cairo, it is within walking distance from most of the leading hotels in
the city. The museum is divided into galleries exhibiting items from
various periods in more or less chronological order, moving clockwise
along the ground floor. They start with the Fourth Dynasty (about 2700
B.C.), and move into the Middle State and the Modern State which
includes the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties. Perhaps the
most impressive sight on the ground floor is a room devoted to Akhnaton
and all that was buried with him. The first floor holds the famous mummy
room where the body of King Tutankhamoun can be seen. This floor also
contains mummies of the following kings: Saknan Raa, (founder of the
Eighteenth Dynasty), Amenhotep I, Merit Amon, Thotmos II, Thotmos the
fourth, Seti I, Ramsis II, Merenbetah and Ramsis the fifth. The upper
floor also contains an area where the treasures of Tutankhamoun are
exhibited. All the items exhibited here came from his tomb found at the
Valley of Kings at Thebes in what is now Luxor. Tutankhamoun's gold
coffin is made of 450 pounds of solid gold and is considered one of the
most beautiful possessions of humanity.
Article 02:
The Egyptian
Museum was first built in Boulak. In 1891, it was moved to Giza Palace
of "Ismail Pasha" which housed the antiquities that were later moved to
the present building. The Egyptian Museum is situated at Tahrir square
in Cairo. It was built during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in
1897, and opened on November 15, 1902 . It has 107 halls. At the ground
floor there are the huge statues. The upper floor houses small statues,
jewels, Tutankhamon treasures and the mummies.
The
Museum also comprises a photography section and a large . The Egyptian
museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological order
1. The first section houses Tutankhamon’s treasures.
2. The second section houses the pre-dynasty and the Old Kingdom
monuments.
3. The third section houses the first intermediate period and
the Middle Kingdom monuments.
4. The forth section houses the monuments of the Modern Kingdom.
5. The fifth section houses the monuments of the late period and
the Greek and Roman periods.
6. The sixth section houses coins and papyrus.
7. The seventh section houses sarcophagi and scrabs.
A hall for the royal mummies was opened at the museum, housing eleven
kings and queens.
More
than a million and half tourists visit the museum annually, in addition
to half a million Egyptians.
Article 03 :
The Tut Collection
When Howard
Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, he remarked that it was, "the
day of days, the most wonderful that I have ever lived through, and
certainly one whose like I can never hope to see again". However, the
collection is yet to be completely documented, and it took some ten
years for Howard Carter to finish excavating the tomb.
There
is probably no more famous group of artifacts in the world then those
associated with the discovery of young King Tutankhamun's tomb. The
collection has traveled the world, setting attendance records most
anywhere that it may be found. While its current permanent housing is
in the basement of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, it will soon be moved
to a new down town location.
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