Housed in a building built in 1900 by French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the Egyptian Museum
was originally founded in 1835 by the Egyptian government, and
presents, through a fine collection of 120,000 objects, a unique
panorama of Egyptian history from Prehistory until the Greco-Roman
development of Egyptian civilization.
The
Egyptian Museum was first built in Boulak. In
1891, it was moved to Giza
Palace of "Ismail
Pasha" which housed the antiquities that were later moved to the present
building. The Egyptian Museum is situated at Tahrir square in Cairo. It was built
during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897, and opened on November 15,
1902. It has 107 halls. At the ground floor there are the huge statues. The
upper floor houses small statues, jewels, Tutankhamon treasures and the
mummies.
The
Museum also comprises a photography section and a large library. The Egyptian
museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological order
The
first section houses Tutankhamon's treasures.
The
second section houses the pre-dynasty and the Old Kingdom
monuments.
The
third section houses the first intermediate period and the Middle Kingdom
monuments.
The
forth section houses the monuments of the Modern Kingdom.
The
fifth section houses the monuments of the late period and the Greek and Roman
periods.
The
sixth section houses coins and papyrus.
The
seventh section houses sarcophagi and scrabs.
