The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is one of the main repositories of historical treasures of Egypt, and is very popular among tourists because of its scale and an impressive number of exhibits which exceed one hundred and twenty thousand units. The museum building was built in 1900, and the collection of the museum began to collect in the 30, 19 Art. It sets up a special government agency that has taken over the functions of the collection and preservation of the unique exhibits. The museum consists of a hundred separate rooms that can accommodate a discovery of the Pharaonic era, found during excavations throughout the country. The expositions traced chronological order.

The first floor is filled with statues, various vessels, plates and other funeral monuments of ancient history. The second floor is dedicated to all the finds, sculptures and jewelry, which are relevant to Tutankhamun's tomb and other tombs. There is a hall with a special microclimate, which holds the mummy discovered by archaeologists at different times.

The museum is unique in the presence of the world-famous gilded throne of Tutankhamen, which has precious stones and images of the pharaoh and his wife. There is an ancient sculptural units that account for three millennia of its existence. Incredible values ​​are three sarcophagi made of pure gold, weighing about a hundred kilos each. Due to other exhibits, such, for example, like a bird of Saqqara, one can imagine what a deep knowledge of life possessed by the ancient Egyptians.

The founders and inspirer of the museum are considered two people. The first of these - the ruler of Egypt, Mohammed Ali, who its decree forbade the export from the country's antiquities. The second - the Frenchman Auguste Mariette, who became the first director of the Cairo Museum and the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Initially, the museum occupies four rooms in the house where he lived Mariette, on the banks of the Nile. And only in 1902 it was decided to build a museum building in downtown Cairo.