Museum of Egyptian Antiquites in Egypt

Opened in 1902, the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities was the original Egyptian Museum, housing the world's largest collection of Egyptian artefacts until the Grand Egyptian Museum was opened in 2025. Your reward for visiting this historical and heritage site is the 120,000 artefacts that span thousands of years, from the Early Dynastic Period to the Greco-Roman era. It may no longer house the impressive treasures of Tutankhamun which are now found in the Grand Egyptian Museum, but you'll still be fascinated by its historical timeline filled with statues, numerous sarcophagi detailing burial practices in ancient Egypt, an extensive mummy collection, the silver mummy coffin of Pharaoh Psusennes I and reliefs illustrating the Egyptians’ advanced knowledge of art, medicine, and engineering. Together, these collections make the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities not only a guardian of Egypt’s past but also a vital centre for understanding one of the earliest and most influential civilisations in human history.