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* [http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/ Egyptian Museum official website] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121153223/http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/ Egyptian Museum official website] |
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* [http://jemolo.com/cgi-bin/WB/jemolo.cgi?lang=it&keyword=egyptian+museum+cairo&insieme=&hash=&and=on Photographic archive of Art and Architecture] |
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* [http://www.akhet.co.uk/cairo.htm The Cairo Museum] |
* [http://www.akhet.co.uk/cairo.htm The Cairo Museum] |
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Established | 1902 |
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Location | Cairo, Egypt |
Coordinates | 30°02′52″N 31°14′00″E / 30.047778°N 31.233333°E |
Type | History museum |
Collection size | 120,000 items |
Director | Sabah Abdel-Razek |
Website | egyptianmuseum |
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms. The edifice is one of the largest museums in the region. As of July 2017, the museum is open to the public.
History
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The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities contains many important pieces of ancient Egyptian history. It houses the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities. The Egyptian government established the museum built in 1835 near the Ezbekeyah Garden and later moved to the Cairo Citadel. In 1855, Archduke Maximilian of Austria was given all of the artifacts by the Egyptian government; these are now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
A new museum was established at Boulaq in 1858 in a former warehouse, following the foundation of the new Antiquities Department under the direction of Auguste Mariette. The building lay on the bank of the Nile River, and in 1878 it suffered significant damage in a flood of the Nile River. In 1891, the collections were moved to a former royal palace, in the Giza district of Cairo.[1] They remained there until 1902 when they were moved, for the last time, to the current museum in Tahrir Square.[2]
During the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the museum was broken into, and two mummies were destroyed.[3][4] Several artifacts were also shown to have been damaged.[5] Around 50 objects were lost.[6] Since then 25 objects have been found. Those that were restored were put on display in September 2013 in an exhibition entitled Damaged and Restored. Among the displayed artifacts are two statues of King Tutankhamun made of cedar wood and covered with gold, a statue of King Akhenaten, ushabti statues that belonged to the Nubian kings, a mummy of a child and a small polychrome glass vase.[7]
Interior design
There are two main floors in the museum, the ground floor and the first floor. On the ground floor there is an extensive collection of papyrus and coins used in the Ancient world. The numerous pieces of papyrus are generally small fragments, due to their decay over the past two millennia. Several languages are found on these pieces, including Greek, Latin, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian. The coins found on this floor are made of many different metals, including gold, silver, and bronze. The coins are not only Egyptian, but also Greek, Roman, and Islamic. This has helped historians research the history of Ancient Egyptian trade.
Also on the ground floor are artifacts from the New Kingdom, the time period between 1550 and 1069 BC. These artifacts are generally larger than items created in earlier centuries. Those items include statues, tables, and coffins (sarcophagi), it also contains 42 rooms, upon entering through the security check in the building, one looks toward the atrium and the rear of the building with many items on view from sarcophagi and boats to enormous statues.
On the first floor there are artifacts from the final two dynasties of Egypt, including items from the tombs of the Pharaohs Thutmosis III, Thutmosis IV, Amenophis II, Hatshepsut, and the courtier Maiherpri, as well as many artifacts from the Valley of the Kings, in particular the material from the intact tombs of Tutankhamun and Psusennes I. Two special rooms contain a number of mummies of kings and other royal family members of the New Kingdom.
Memorial to famous egyptologists
In the garden adjacent to the building of the museum a memorial to famous egyptologists of the world is located. It features a monument to Auguste Mariette, surrounded by 23 busts of the following egyptologists: François Chabas, Johannes Dümichen, Conradus Leemans, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Emmanuel de Rougé, Samuel Birch, Edward Hincks, Luigi Vassalli, Émile Brugsch, Karl Richard Lepsius, Théodule Devéria, Vladimir Golenishchev, Ippolito Rosellini, Labib Habachi, Sami Gabra, Selim Hassan, Ahmed Kamal, Zakaria Goneim, Jean-François Champollion, Amedeo Peyron, Willem Pleyte, Gaston Maspero, Peter le Page Renouf.[8]
Gallery
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The Gold Mask of Tutankhamun, composed of 11 kg of solid gold
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The Grave Mask of king Amenemope of the 21st dynasty
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Mummy mask of Psusennes I
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Figurine of Khufu
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Statue of Khafre
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Statue of Menkaure
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Bust of Akhenaten
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Statue of Thutmose III
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Mummy mask of Wendjebauendjed
See also
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Egyptian Museum of Turin
- Egyptian Museum of Berlin
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- List of museums with major collections of Egyptian antiquities
- Coptic Museum
References
- ^ Sca-egypt.org
- ^ The Guardian
- ^ "Looters destroy mummies during Egypt protests". ABC News. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ "Vandals ravage Egyptian Museum, break mummies". Al-Masry Al-Youm. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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- ^ "Mummies set on fire as looters raid Egyptian museum - video - Channel 4 News". Channel4.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Egyptian Museum exhibit puts spotlight on restored artefacts". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ Dans la cour du musée du Caire, le monument de Mariette... et les bustes qui l'entourent
Further reading
- Brier, Bob (1999). The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story. ISBN 0-425-16689-9.
- Montet, Pierre (1968). Lives of the Pharaohs. World Publishing Company.
- Wafaa El-Saddik. The Egyptian Museum. Museum International. (Vol. 57, No.1-2, 2005).
- Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Francesco Tiradritti, editor, Araldo De Luca, photographer. 1999, New York: Abrams ISBN 0-8109-3276-8. Also published, with variant titles, in Italy and the UK. Reviews US ed.
External links
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- Egyptian Museum official website
- Photographic archive of Art and Architecture
- The Cairo Museum
- Egyptian Museum Unofficial
- Gallery of Items in the Egyptian Museum
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- Egyptian Museum
- 1835 establishments in Egypt
- Archaeological museums in Egypt
- Cultural infrastructure completed in 1902
- Downtown Cairo
- Egyptological collections in Egypt
- Museums established in 1835
- Museums in Cairo
- National museums
- Neoclassical architecture in Egypt
- Tourist attractions in Egypt