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The National Museum of Egypt

Details on The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)

  • 05 16, 2023

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is located in the city of Fustat in Cairo, on an area of 33.5 acres. It is expected to include 50 thousand artifacts from various eras of ancient Egypt to contemporary history, telling the stages of the development of Egyptian civilization in addition to displaying the achievements of the Egyptian people up to the present time.

Different aspects of life since the dawn of history. It also contains models, photographs, manuscripts, oil paintings, artistic masterpieces and antiquities from the Stone Age, Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, Arab, Sudanese and modern civilizations. The museum site overlooks a natural lake, Lake Ain Al-Sira.

It has a set of storage facilities for the safekeeping of artefacts fitted with modern technology. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is the first of its kind in Egypt and the Arab region. It is an all-embracing multiple civilization themed cultural complex that allows its visitors to make a boat trip in history and encounter various Egyptian civilizations one after the other.

The museum also contains vast spaces for temporary exhibitions, as well as a hall for research, education and research, and an exhibition that highlights the development of New Cairo. The museum is considered a place dedicated to hosting film screenings, conferences and lectures, as well as cultural activities directed at audiences at the local and international levels.

It is a forum for open dialogue and discussion to exchange experiences and ideas. It also includes a group of service, commercial, and recreational buildings, in addition to a research center for sciences related to ancient materials as well as restoration.

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You can make a great tour to see the whole city of Cairo, visit the Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo, and the Museum of National Civilization in Cairo, and you can make all these excursions in two or three days.

The NMEC is a museum that is different from the old Museum of Egyptian Antiquities and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Unlike those museums, the NMEC has things from all of Egypt's history, not just the really old stuff. Other museums in Egypt only have things from a long time ago.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is a museum located in Cairo, Egypt, dedicated to showcasing the cultural heritage and history of Egypt from prehistoric times to the present day.

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