Egyptian Museum Cairo
Overview
Auguste Mariette's museum of pharaonic antiquities, the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, in its 1902 pink downtown building. Tutankhamun's gold mask and 1,700 tomb treasures, royal mummies of Hatshepsut and Ramesses, and the Narmer Palette. Its collections are transferring to the Grand Egyptian Museum.
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