Located right next to the charred
remains of Mubarak’s headquarters and adjacent from the very active
Tahrir Square, the Egypt Museum barely manages to function. More of a
storage facility than a museum, it is home to some of the oldest and
most impressive of Egypt's ancient artifacts.
One should arrive to the museum with a
basic understanding of Egyptology, even if just a Wikipedia skim and
scan the night before. Scattered around in an unorganized and
uninformative manner are 100,000's of ancient treasures. Ranging from
the neolithic period to the infamous treasures unearthed from the
tomb of King Tutankhamen to the Royal mummies, it is all housed here.
Unfortunately no cameras are permitted inside for both security
purposes and preservation purposes so flash photography does not
damage these priceless artifacts.
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