"VISIT TO THE PHARAONIC ART MUSEUM" TOUR.

"VISIT TO THE PHARAONIC ART MUSEUM" TOUR.

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo houses the largest collection of objects from the Ancient Egyptian period; possesses more than 136,000 classified objects from different eras of Egyptian history: Tinite, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Third Intermediate Period, Late, Hellenistic and Roman, surpassing other museums not only for the quantity, but also for the importance of many of them. It is located in the center of Cairo, on Tahrir Square.

The ground floor, entirely dedicated to sculpture, painted reliefs and sarcophagi, is dominated by the colossal statues of Amonhotep III and Queen Tie, located at the back of the great atrium. Tutankhamun's funeral trousseau is exhibited on the first floor: the mask and gold sarcophagi, the jewels, the golden throne, the alabaster crockery and the furniture. The collections on display are so rich that they cannot be visited in a single day.

Since Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt, European interest in Egypt has been arousing into a veritable mania for the pharaonic and the ancient.

Objects from all periods of ancient Egypt are exhibited in the museum: - Predynastic period: such as stone vessels and funerary objects. - Old Kingdom: such as statues, paintings, reliefs and movable objects. - New Kingdom: The great treasure of Tutankhamun as well as statues, reliefs and objects from the period of Tal el-Amarna and the sarcophagus of Akhenaten, funerary equipment, jewels, models and other objects. - Late Period: Statues, reliefs and funerary objects. - Greco-Roman period: Statues and funerary objects. Sculptures from various eras are exhibited in the museum gardens.

Itinerary

• Pick up at your hotel, or the one closest to your accommodation by a guide from our agency.
• You will start with a panoramic tour to the Museum where you will have time for photos.
• Walking tour of the Museum.
• All visits to the different departments have the presence of a specialist who will guide our tour, explaining in detail the meanings and history of the different collections of objects that we can observe.
• Return to the hotels.

The tour includes

• Guide service in Spanish.
• Entrance to the Museum.
• Roundtrip and return hotel transfers.

Does not include

• Professional guide in English, French, Portuguese, German and Italian languages. If you want a guide in these languages, it is done on request and an extra charge must be paid.