WED., AUGUST 11 — TWO MUSEUMS: MUSEUM OF CAIRO & NAT’L MUSEUM OF EYPTIAN CIVILIZATION
This morning we’ll visit The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (see right, top) (known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo), which has undergone extensive renovation since (all 5,000 of) King Tut’s artifacts moved to the GEM. (The new, now second, great, antiquities museum which is at the base of the Giza Pyramids and is called the Grand Egyptian Museum or GEM. We visited GEM [slide show] tomorrow.) A vast array of world-class Egyptian antiquities await you here in the Museum of Cairo.
After lunch onboard AMADahlia we’ll visit to the National Museum of Eyptian Civilization (NMEC) (see right, bottom) (slide show). The institution takes on the imposing task of introducing guests to ~8,000 years of Egyptian life and times.
You’ll get the big picture of the world’s oldest civilization at the NMEC. You can use its artifacts to chart the evolution of Egypt’s culture through prehistoric, pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic eras. You’ll have the opportunity to see the Royal Mummies Hall (slide show), resting place of 22 kings and queens of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom.
Cultural Thoughts
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