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Explore the Egyptian Museum, a journey through time

Travel across the Eurasian continent to Cairo, Egypt, and visit the Egyptian Museum! This is a must-see for history and art lovers✨ 📍 Convenient location and transportation The museum is located in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, easily accessible by taxi or bus. From afar, the ancient building beckons with its mysterious power, quickening your heartbeat. 🏛️ Beautiful architecture and photogenic The old museum is a European-style building with a grand and solemn exterior. Sunlight streams through the windows into the corridors, creating a great atmosphere, and every corner is super photogenic📸. 🎨 Rich and impressive collection The museum houses over 120,000 precious artifacts, from pharaoh mummies and exquisite gold masks to ancient papyrus documents and sculptures, bearing thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history. 💀 The mummy area is quiet and solemn, and the mummies in the glass cases seem to tell stories of their lives, leaving you in awe of the ancient Egyptians' embalming techniques. 👑 The Tutankhamun exhibition hall is very popular, with the dazzling gold mask and its unparalleled details, making it hard to imagine how craftsmen created such a masterpiece thousands of years ago. 📜 The large number of hieroglyphic steles are the key to studying ancient Egyptian civilization. Standing in front of the steles, you can almost see the ancient Egyptians creating civilization on the banks of the Nile. 💁‍♀️ Thoughtful service for a worry-free visit The museum offers multilingual guidebooks, and renting an audio guide allows you to learn more about the artifacts. The staff are friendly and ready to answer questions. If you get tired, there are rest areas and cafes to relax. ⚠️ Visiting tips Buy tickets online in advance to avoid queues. Visit on weekdays or in the morning when there are fewer tourists, so you can enjoy the artifacts at your leisure. Flash photography is prohibited in the museum, so be sure to follow the rules to protect the artifacts. The Egyptian Museum is like a three-dimensional history book, with every page filled with mystery and legend.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2025
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