Egyptian museums by Asterija Kliaugiene

Luxor Museum, Kornish Al Nile, Luxor City, Luxor, Egypt

asterija_kliaugiene — 2024-03-11 20:40:47 UTC

Unveiled in 1975 as one of Egypt’s first modern museum, the Luxor collection lies along the Nile beside the towering Temple of Luxor.

Rather than an archeological jumble like its counterpart in Cairo, the Luxor Museum spotlights only its most precious items.

Items on display include a partial reconstruction of a rare Akhenatan temple, a life-sized statue of Amenhotep III with the crocodile god Sobek, and the mummies of pharaohs Ramses I and Ahmose I.

The Grand Egyptian Museum، Kafr Nassar, Al Haram, Egypt

asterija_kliaugiene — 2024-03-11 20:42:18 UTC

The opening of this billion-dollar museum has been pushed back to 2020.

Nearly 20 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum is still under construction, but it’s expected to open to the public sometime in 2020.

The colossal complex crowns the Giza Plateau on the outskirts of Cairo and will be connected to the pyramids by a two-kilometer landscapes causeway.

Costing more than half a billion dollars, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single ancient civilization is to house more than 100,000 artifacts and display the full Tutankhamen collection for the first time.

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Saint Catherine, Egypt

asterija_kliaugiene — 2024-03-11 20:43:27 UTC

Located at the base of Mount Sinai, the peak celebrated as the spot where Moses received the Ten Commandments, the fortified compound harbors a museum of Christian relics collected since the third century AD. Among its treasures are golden icons, mosaics and murals, and illuminated manuscripts.

Overnight accommodation is available inside the monastery for visitors who make the long trek from Cairo.

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram, Egypt

asterija_kliaugiene — 2024-03-11 20:48:57 UTC

Built during a time when Egypt was one of the richest and most powerful civilizations in the world, the pyramids—especially the Great Pyramids of Giza—are some of the most magnificent man-made structures in history. Their massive scale reflects the unique role that the pharaoh, or king, played in ancient Egyptian society. Pyramids were built from the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the fourth century A.D.