This museum was built in a neo-classic style, in the year 1900 by a French architect.
There are artifacts from the tombs of kings and members of the royal families of the Middle
Kingdom, founded at Dahshur in 1894
Also there are royal tombs of some pharaohs of the 18 to 20th Dynasty.
Address: Tahrir square
Zone/Area: Cairo
The Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo, known more commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is a huge neoclassical building that houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world.
The Egyptian Museum is an outgrowth of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, established by the Egyptian government in 1835 in an attempt to limit the looting of
Egypt's priceless artifacts
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