The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

The Museum of Egyptian is must to watch if you are planning holidays to Cairo. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. There’s around 120,000 items, on display and the remainder in storerooms. So if you want to feel Cairo culture and it’s history don’t forget to visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo.

The Royal Mummy Room of the museum contains 27 royal mummies. The most attractive location of Cairo was reopened with a slightly curtailed display of New Kingdom kings and queens in 1985. There you will see all the historical mummies, never expected anywhere in the world. Mummy of Queen Hatshepsut is one of the popular mummies in display there now days.

Ground floor and first floor of the museum contains a wide collection of ancient belongings. The ground floor of the museum is the extensive collection of the papyrus and coins used in ancient world. The numerous pieces of papyrus reveals several languages used in ancient Egyptian. You will be able to see all coins used in ancient Egyptian trade. You will see artifacts from the final two dynasties of Ancient Egypt on the first floor. It includes items from the tombs of the Pharaohs Tuhtmoisis III, Tuhtmosis IV, Amenophis II, Hatshepsut, and Maherpen, and also many artifacts taken from the Valley of the Kings

The museum is an antique collection of ancient stuff. You will love to see it on your visit to Cairo. The museum will attract you more if you are coming from UK. It is a perfect destination as per the taste of Brits. They love to see such unique things and admire it too. Cairo is full of many interesting locations. Just take your flights to Cairo and enjoy the unique creation of ancient Egypt. The museum is waiting for you. Go and see it.

Cairo Information and flights booking

Cairo, also known officially as al-Qahirah is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle East and Africa. The city is considered to be the heart of Egypt and is home to more than 16 million people approximately. With a range of historic attractions to offer and no dearth of cheap flights to Cairo, this city has become one of the magnetic tourist destination attracting travelers from various parts of the world. The city boasts the awe-inspiring pyramids of Giza which dominate the skyline of the city’s periphery. The Cairo Museum has the astonishing gold of Tutankhamen and other exquisite artifacts of ancient time

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List of Cairo National Public Holidays

Here is the list of Cairo National Public Holidays:

New Year's Day - January 1st
Coptic Christmas - January
Coptic Easter - March / April
Sham an-Nessim - March / April
Sinai Liberation Day - April 25th
May Day - May 1st
Liberation Day - June 18th
Revolution Day - July 23rd
Wafa'a el-Nil - August 15th
Coptic New Year - September
Armed Forces Day - October 6th
Suez Victory Day - October 24th
Victory Day- December 23rd

Let’s Fly to Cairo

On a budget holiday, we turned lucky to have found some cheap flights to Cairo and a budget hotel to spend 6 nights contentedly with this magical city! The hotel was surprisingly a cheap hotel located in the upscale area of Zamalek.

As soon as our flight to Cairo landed we witnessed a noisy, chaotic place full of traffic, buzzing with clamorous and somewhat excited voices of hawkers. Surprisingly, the feeling was short-lived and was soon replaced with the sound of mosque prayers.
The following days saw us infused with an invigorating energy, an excitement and exhilaration engulfed us every day as we rushed through a maze of narrow streets of Khan al-Khalili bazaar, pored over astonishing gold of Tutankhamen in the Cairo Museum, explored the Nile island of Gezira, “walked like an Egyptian” under the tall, awe-inspiring pyramids of Giza and relaxed in some of the city restaurants, puffing leisurely on a sheesha while watching the life of the city whirl past.