Probably the most interesting museum after the great Egyptian Museum. My wife and I were there, tickets are pretty cheap, there's a good cafe nearby by local standards, and there are a lot of exhibits inside, including well-preserved mummies of the king and queen, as well as many animal mummies, which you won't find in every museum, not to mention a huge number of beautiful statues, household items, tools and other interesting exhibits of ancient Egypt. I advise everyone to go there. Especially since it's right next to Tahrir Square. Cons: many expositions are unfinished, there is a lot of dust, there is almost no light somewhere, the toilet is terrible, there is nothing interesting in the souvenir row and the food is so-so, and it is inconvenient to go to the entrance - right in front of the entrance there is a playground and a road where tourist buses constantly travel. It's dangerous to walk. There's a lot of dirt around and a lot of police.

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In March 2026, during our trip to Cairo, we visited the Cairo Museum in Tahrir Square, which opened its doors to visitors in 1902, it has its own atmosphere of antiquity and comfort. Before the opening of the Large Museum, all the ancient collections were located here, but now, many exhibits have been moved to the Large Museum and there are many empty storefronts. But maybe it's for the best, because in the huge dusty sealed boxes of the vast basement of this museum, rare forgotten antiquities are stored, and now there is a reason to get them out and put them in showcases. But still, there are many interesting exhibits here now., For example, the Narmer palette is a carved slab of gray stone, one of the earliest images of the Egyptian ruler, King Narmer is depicted in a symbolic act of unification of two lands - Upper and lower Egypt, and this is the fourth millennium BC. There is also an unusual object in the showcases - the earliest known Egyptian mask, it dates back to the middle of the 4th millennium BC. And at first we thought it was an image of an alien. We especially liked the statues of famous nobles with crystal eyes and they look like real ones. There are also magnificent Statues of married couples in which women touch their companions very touchingly, it is believed that women usually express their feelings more emotionally. Looking at them, I thought that even though they lived four thousand years ago, they look so much like us! There is a small Statue of Pharaoh Cheops, and this is just the only existing image of the Pharaoh who built the great pyramid. There are also busts of the beautiful Nefertiti. The museum has a hall that contains a silver sarcophagus, a wonderful funeral mask and gold jewelry from the tomb of Pharaoh Psousenis, the beginning of the first millennium BC. And many more wonderful unique exhibits. We also learned about a story that happened in this museum in the thirties of the last century, and I'll tell it to you. One hot day, in the mummy hall, where the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II stood vertically behind the glass, visitors suddenly heard a sound, a terrible grinding and the sound of broken glass. It was the bandages binding the pharaoh's body that burst, his hands jerked sharply and broke the glass. Scientists explained this by the reaction of embalming agents to high air temperature. However, it was very difficult to fold her arms again and place the rebellious mummy in the sarcophagus, as if she was resisting. Museum visitors who saw this sight were terribly scared, some felt sick and everyone was sure that the mummy had come to life. And yet, in my opinion, this museum is the best of all in Cairo!

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