Cairo museum

First, the building is just beautiful and huge. There are so many antiquities it is mind boggling.

The museum is not completely organized inside as many new artifacts have been discovered after current collections were already placed. The result is that you must have an organized way to go through the museum to not miss anything. Many important finds are wedged in hallways on the top floor which is nice as you will walk through them and not miss them.

There are so many sarcophagus that housed the mummies.

The mummy room was impressive with many so well preserved you can still see hair, nails, and connective tissue.

Canopic jars that hold the internal organs .

And of course there is King Tut’s treasures.

Canopic jars are housed in their own tomb

There is also a collection of Yuya who was King Tut’s great grandfather. What is notable is the excellent embalming methods that were used.

These jars have the mummified organs still in them.
The mummy is still inside.
The mask had incredible detail to features which is outlined in the book of the dead so the spirit will be able to find the correct body later to ensure resurrection.

There were so many artifacts it was overwhelming. I took pictures of things that caught my eye.

King Amenophis III and family
A granite altar found in a pyramid.

While I was waiting fur my driver I snapped some pictures outside.

They are building a new museum to be able to hold all the items as many have not been unpacked due to lack of space. As impressive and needed the new museum will be, it is sad to see this beautiful building not used as the museum.