The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, Egypt

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The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, under the auspices of UNESCO, credited with saving the temples of Abu Simbel Kalabsha, and other temples before they were permanently submerged by the waters of the Nile after the construction of the Aswan High Dam, so the Egyptian government decided to build two new museums in Aswan and Cairo.

The Memorable Treasures Of Egypt

The Memorable Treasures Of Egypt

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is located near the Babylon Fortress and overlooks Ain Al-Sira in the heart of the historic city of Fustat in the ancient Cairo area of ​​Cairo. The cornerstone was laid in 2002 to make this museum one of the most important and largest antiquities museums in the world It is the first museum to be dedicated to the entirety of Egyptian civilization. More than 50,200 artifacts display the stages of the development of civilization from the earliest times until the modern era.

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The museum’s holdings have a permanent major exhibition that displays the most important achievements of Egyptian civilization, in addition to six other exhibitions covering, civilization, the Nile, writing, state, and society, culture, beliefs. In addition to an exhibition of royal mummies. The museum also includes temporary exhibitions, as well as an exhibition on the development of modern Cairo.

The museum has a section for "Egyptian crafts through the ages" (ECA), which aims to introduce Egyptian crafts (pottery, weaving, carpentry, and jewelry). This exhibition includes 430 artifacts picked from other museums.

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