Cairo Private Day: The Egyptian Museum&National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

You will be picked up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza by an expert certified tour guide to start your half day tour visiting the Egyptian museum of antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms. Built in 1901 by the Italian construction company Garozzo-Zaffarani to a design by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the edifice is one of the largest museums in the region. As of March 2019, the museum is open to the public. In 2020 the museum is due to be superseded by the new Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza.

Proceed to The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization which is considered the first museum all over the world exhibit a comprehensive view for the Egyptian Civilization through the history from prehistory till the modern history. NMEC exhibit several objects to show starting with the predynastic and Ancient Egyptian period, the Greco-Roman, Coptic, Islamic and modern history.

The main Exhibition Hall show the four main crafts that shaped the Egyptian civilization: pottery, wood, Textile and ornaments. You can see over there the oldest prosthetic toe all over the world, the skeleton of a man dates back to 30000 years ago, the Kaaba Cover (kiswaa Al Kaaba) which was the last one made in Egypt during the time of president Naser and the Mammal which it used to carry the cover from Egypt to Saudi Arabia every year in a great parade.

After the tour finish you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.