Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
275 reviews
September 24, 2024
Awesome !
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November 5, 2024
The museum is interesting and informative. But you need to take into account that it is better to visit as close as possible to the opening, so that there are fewer people. We were with a guide, we liked the tour and the exhibits. In some places, you can't take photos, which there are special announcements about. There are almost always a lot of people around the key expositions, but if you wait, you can seize the moment and photograph the exhibit without people.
I want to draw attention to the fact that the toilets in the museum are FREE (but the No tips signs are almost always covered by the wide backs of local residents). At the entrance, they give you a paper and tell you that you will give the money at the exit. In general, I gave them Russian tens, which shocked the local young ladies, but it's money, because during the trip it even became a bit insulting that you have to pay for a FREE service for everyone except tourists.
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January 9
An interesting, ambiguous impression of the museum. The old building, the somewhat shabby halls, the slightly outdated design of the exhibitions, but everything overlaps with the impression of the exhibits. Tutankhamun - fire!Apart from the pharaohs' mummies and Tutankhamun's treasure, the most important artifacts are located here. Narmer's palette, which is also one of the first exhibits that a visitor sees when entering the museum.
There are still a lot of interesting things in the halls of the museum. I think if we get a chance, we'll definitely visit here again.
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August 2, 2024
The museum is very interesting. There are so many exhibits and history there that you can probably go there for several years. Moreover, the impressions from the visit were better than from the pyramids. There are a lot of crooked traders on the pyramids - who don't let you walk around there quietly. And here, in the museum, there was only one unpleasant moment - the cleaner in the toilet very obsessively demanded to give him a dollar.
Later, when I was flying away, I already noticed that everywhere there are signs saying that you do not need to tip. It turns out that beggars work everywhere.
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September 8, 2024
A huge museum with tens of thousands of exhibits. The pictures from the history textbook came to life before my eyes. There are a lot of artifacts, sarcophagi, statues, the golden mask of Tutankhamun. A very interesting and informative tour! We took an individual one, spent more than five hours in the museum and I want to come back again.
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August 2, 2024
A wonderful huge museum, many tens of thousands of exhibits. Of the large ones - sarcophagi, tombs, statues. I was lucky to see the mask of Tutankhamun, the sarcophagus. In one of the halls there is a silver sarcophagus, gold, jewelry made of gold. I tried to get around to the maximum in one day, spent about five hours there, and it's not enough, but it's enough to get acquainted with almost everything presented. It's summer, the museum is stuffy, there are no good conduits, there are rare fans.
I really liked it , I recommend it
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June 6, 2024
A huge majestic museum, it did not work out to consider everything because the tour was almost a run, but the main exhibits were seen, a sarcophagus, a mask made of gold, majestic statues, and it is also very impressive to see something that is more than 3,000 years old, especially if it is a real mummy. The museum gives out an earpiece and the guide is perfectly audible. Things shine through at the entrance to the museum, I had nail clippers and tweezers in my makeup bag, they looked at them but missed them, it's better to post this in the future. Despite the fatigue (we left Sharma at night) We liked it.
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January 16
The collection of Egyptian antiquities is incredibly large and atmospheric. Beautifully organized expositions. Visitors from all over the world. Convenient online ticket sales. The recommended visit time is at least 4 hours.
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January 3
It's a sooo old museum, which apparently doesn't have any money invested in it. The building is large, there are many exhibits, and there are even more people. The ticket price is not high. With the tour, there is little time to inspect the exhibits. Everybody run, run. But for the main museum of Egypt, it is a very modest building, and many things require repair and even basic cleaning. There is a lot of dust inside. This is the face of the country, but apparently it is what it is.
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September 26, 2024
There are many great antiquities: mummies and things of Tutankhomon's grandparents, his sarcophagi (about 80kg and 110kg in gold) and much more.
However, in some places it looks more like a warehouse than a museum: it's a little dirty, sometimes I passed by some lying sarcophagi, as if someone had forgotten them there.
I got a much better impression from the more thoughtful and modern museum in Sharm el-Sheikh. And here it's as if I didn't have enough knowledge of the context, without which it's not worth going to the museum. And part of the museum was moved to a new one, which will be opened soon. Maybe that's why it was not very clear and it seemed that the exhibits were scattered randomly.
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September 30, 2024
A very majestic museum. I couldn't see everything, just a glimpse (we were there for about an hour) . But it is impressive that such grandiose sculptures, statues, all this has been preserved through thousands of years. There are guides working in the museum, they give out headphones. It's interesting to listen. I advise everyone.
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September 15, 2024
It was very cool, mummies, sarcophagi, an interesting story from our guide, I was pleasantly impressed, the market at the exit from the museum was also very good☺️
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December 5, 2024
It's a nice big museum. We were in November 24, and some of the exhibits disappeared because a new museum was opened in Giza and everything is being transported there, but overall everything is fine.
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September 6, 2024
The museum is very interesting in terms of content, there are many different exhibits, including the golden sarcaphagi of the pharaohs, the throne and the funeral mask of the pharaoh. But the museum itself is very outdated, there are no air conditioners at all, repairs have not been done for a long time, the whole situation in the museum itself is shabby, but I note once again there are many exhibits in the museum!!!
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September 16, 2024
I want to tell you about the museum in Cairo, Egypt. I came to this city specifically to visit the museum. It is an architectural monument in itself, founded in the 19th century. When you walk through the halls you feel a touch of antiquity, there are a lot of exhibits, columns, mummies, frescoes, competent specialists conduct very interesting excursions. Complete delight. I advise everyone who comes to this city to visit this place. Memories for a lifetime
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January 12
The museum was sooo impressed. I strongly advise you to visit! There are a lot of historical artifacts, a lot of history. Tutankhamun's mask was impressive. There are a lot of statues.
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December 15, 2024
The museum itself is just an exhibit itself, in some showcases there are simply priceless exhibits, and the showcases were made back in the 80s and you can't look without tears
The place is certainly very exciting for this particular antiquity, but the organization and its condition are depressing.
And soon this museum will be closed, everything will be in a new one next to the pyramids of Giza
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March 24, 2024
The museum occupies a large old building in the center of the city, and when you wander through the halls, it seems that all this is alien, as if they took a conditional government house and put exhibits everywhere. As it turned out, it is, the building was the residence of the viceroy a hundred years ago. The problem is that for a hundred years it has not been fully adapted for a museum. Let's face it: a ticket for an adult is 450 pounds in 2024, payment is only by card. The price for an Egyptian citizen is 30 pounds. There are no discounts on resident's cards. Inside, everything is very dusty, gloomy, saved only by the abundance of windows and natural lighting. Most of the showcases inside are covered with a layer of dust, the lighting of the exhibits is insufficient, the lamps have burned out in places, in general, no one keeps order. Many statues are "patched up" - thousands of people come day after day to touch the history, it is very noticeable. The museum is completely offline. No innovations, multimedia exhibits, screens, virtualization. No sound effects. The signatures to many exhibits are even printed on a typewriter! Unfortunately, more was expected from a museum of this level. The main exhibit is the golden mask of Tutankhamun. It is strictly forbidden to photograph her, but only because of this mask the museum is worth a visit. Also, at the exit of the museum there is a chic store of cool unusual souvenirs. I was also very impressed by the mummy of a huge perch.
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January 5
We arrived half an hour after the opening, and there were already a lot of visitors. And by noon it was much more. We ran through the exposition in 2.5 hours, and if we look at it thoroughly, we can walk there all day. We read in the reviews that it was stuffy and hot - no, we were comfortable. There are a lot of exhibits, and everyone will find something interesting for themselves.
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February 10, 2024
The museum is large, but we walked through the most famous exhibits with a guide. He told me, showed me and gave me time to move freely around the museum. It's a pity there's not much time, most likely I would have walked around for a couple of hours and looked at everything. There are a lot of people, it's cool in the museum. Tutankhamun's tomb was not allowed to be photographed, beggars collect money in the toilet. At the exit there is a market for all the junk, where prices are significantly inflated, there are a lot of beggars and scammers at the exit from the territory.
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May 12, 2024
There are real mummies in the museum! And many unique exhibits! Despite the large number of tourists. The exhibits can be viewed calmly!
A must-visit place! If you are going on a guided tour, it will last 2 hours!
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January 14
Of course, the most interesting museum. You definitely need to go with a guide, otherwise you will just walk around and look at the exhibits without understanding their value. The ticket can only be paid by card, cash is not accepted. Or find someone who can buy for you.
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November 3, 2024
We visited the museum in October, the weather was normal, not very hot, 28 degrees. The museum is huge, very interesting, you can't get around it in a day, even if you want, because unfortunately there are no air conditioners, and after an hour of visiting you just walk wet, and such splendor!you can drink not very tasty coffee on the street, there are many cafes.
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September 30, 2024
We came to the museum in Cairo again after a long time, we were pleasantly surprised by the new exhibits!!!
Real preserved mummies of people and animals!!!!
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February 19, 2024
Just a great museum (I haven't been in this for a long time), each hall is interesting in its own way, a lot of artifacts, sarcophagi, household items, jewelry, I recommend it to anyone who is thinking (price 450 pounds). They won't tell you this in history lessons or show you how to see it with your own eyes, I give the museum 10 out of 10 points.
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October 4, 2024
This museum did not reach the maximum rating, because it is incredibly stuffy and hot in it. There is no air conditioning system from the word at all. Otherwise, it is the most interesting place for those who are interested in Egypt, Egyptology and the history of the ancient world in general. I advise you and recommend you to visit.
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May 15, 2023
The museum needs to be visited!!! But with a good Egyptologist. Who will tell and show. This was recommended to us, and we were delighted. The museum is huge. There are a lot of expositions. Accordingly, everything is interesting!!! Time is fleeting there. Three and a half hours flew by like ten minutes. It is better to book a separate tour. You won't be taken shopping (which you don't need). A minibus with 12 seats, a guide, 2 drivers and a company of up to 6 people (to travel comfortably).
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October 27, 2024
There are many antiquities. 450 pounds adult 230 children, Union Pay is not taken, when paying in cash it became more expensive by 100 pounds (I bought 3 adults 1 child)
They didn't take a guide, they just walked around and read the signs. It took us about 2 hours to inspect.
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July 13, 2023
The impression of visiting the museum is unforgettable, so many exhibits are diverse, plunged into the ancient world - statues, artifacts, mummies, tombs, sarcophagi, etc. The golden mask of Tutankhamun, the golden sarcophagus, the statue of Nefertiti. We came across a wonderful Russian-speaking guide, he told us so many interesting and informative things, showed so many interesting exhibits. We entered the museum immediately without a queue, the flow of tourists is large, but there are no queues. If you are in Cairo, be sure to visit this museum, you will not regret it.
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November 28, 2024
There are a lot of impressions from the place. It was very interesting to wander outside the tour myself. Touching the history is priceless
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June 2, 2024
A purely tourist place created by the Portuguese together with the French for the Egyptians, who don't give a damn about their history. Well done, we have saved a lot of interesting things, we will wax the event for 40 minutes.
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October 29, 2023
The museum is world famous. Has a great collection. When visiting the museum, they used an excursion escort. The guide is very well prepared, conducted an excellent tour. We were very satisfied.
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June 4, 2024
A huge museum, pictures from the history of the Ancient World come to life right in front of you. There are a lot of exhibits. It would be a mistake to come to Egypt and not visit this museum. We had a guide, Mohamed, I really liked his excursions, quickly showed the main exhibits, then gave time for individual study.
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November 26, 2023
A very unusual place. It struck both from the good and from the not-so-good side. The good thing is that it amazes how fine jewelers these people were, of great taste and skill. The fresco with geese also struck. They can't even repeat it on their papyri right now. From not very-I believe that many exhibits should not be seen by living people. The floor of the museum is corpses and coffins. And from looted graves. It's not ethical, at least, to put all these things, vases with guts, on public display.
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June 1, 2024
A very large museum of the antiquities of the Egyptian civilization, of course, modern means are missing, for example, an audio guide, a kewar code under the main exhibits, since the guide tells everything briefly and crumpled
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December 22, 2024
An interesting place, with quite a lot of exhibits. But unfortunately, unlike the Cairo Museum, all copies are
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February 11, 2024
The place is interesting, definitely worth a visit.
I had a ball with a guide, I didn't really like that they chose what I wanted to see for me. I advise you to take a leisurely walk on your own. There are a lot of interesting things to see.
Among the disadvantages: insufficient lighting and dirty glass at the exhibits.
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December 16, 2024
An iconic place, a lot of exhibits. The museum is very heavily overloaded with tourist groups. But it is necessary to see and hear about the exhibits.
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July 1, 2024
A gorgeous place where, literally, you can touch the greatest history of our world. Thousands of exhibits, excellent guides. I definitely recommend it!
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January 4
It's a gorgeous museum, you can safely walk around it all day! The greatness of Egypt's heritage is impressive!
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January 12
There are a lot of people, if this tour had not been included in the guided tour program, we would not have gone here separately, as we do not really like museums.
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July 12, 2024
The first surprise is that the museum's ticket offices do not accept cash. Only cards are accepted. I had to ask a local resident to buy us tickets. In the museum itself, the concentration of artifacts is off the scale. It probably takes at least a month to examine each exhibit. In summer, it is better to go to the museum after 12. All the tour groups left for Giza. The museum is empty, it is not so stuffy and you can safely view the treasures of the ancient world. But the mummies of all the pharaohs of the New Kingdom were moved to another museum. In any case, this place is a must see.
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November 22, 2024
An incredibly beautiful museum! The expositions are simply amazing.The tours are quick and clear!
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July 17, 2024
There are a lot of expansions, there really is something to see, the only thing we were on a large tour including several places and could not completely bypass the museum. Of the cons, there is no air conditioning, it was very hot.
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June 5, 2024
The Egyptian Museum is the largest museum of ancient Egypt.A huge number of Egyptian antiquities of great interest are collected here. It is very difficult to inspect more than 150 thousand exhibits in one day, but it is worth trying.
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October 15, 2024
I am not an Egyptologist or an enthusiast, I am just a tourist - I was satisfied with an hour and a half with a guide: he uses a radio headset to broadcast into the headphones of the entire group of visitors. And it's useful, because it's quite noisy and crowded inside.
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August 15, 2024
It's quite interesting , but it's too stuffy.
It is necessary to take a drink with you
You won't be able to buy yourself a drink inside
By the time you are definitely here for a couple of hours
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October 25, 2023
The museum is huge, there are a lot of absolutely amazing exhibits. Everyone knows what to say about it. But now the museum is in the process of moving, there is no fountain with lotuses in front of the entrance, some exhibits have already been moved, those that are often not systematized, there are few signatures. But still, the museum is mandatory to visit. And, of course, for twenty minutes with a guide and twenty minutes of free inspection, as I once got there with an excursion
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January 17, 2024
The museum made a huge impression. It's a pity there wasn't enough time, and there are a lot of people in the museum from all over the world, sometimes some exhibits just can't get through).I hope to visit more than once - you can go there all day to look at everything, and you won't get bored.
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May 2, 2024
The museum is huge, the guide told us and showed us the most interesting sights. Mummies, Sarcaphagi. It is also interesting to get acquainted with the history of Egypt
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