Tour To Egyptian, Islamic Art & Civilisation Museums, Whether It’s your first time in Cairo or you’re a repeat visitor, Experience Egyptian museum, Islamic art Museum & Civilization museum and hear the epic stories behind  Museums in Cairo. This fully-Guided tour will take you to see the various artifacts from different eras, Explore the rich history and culture of the city, with New Cairo Travel NCT.

Egyptian museum:

The Egyptian Museum is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, and houses the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities in the world. The museum displays an extensive collection spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era.

The architect of the building was selected through an international competition in 1895, which was the first of its kind, and was won by the French architect, Marcel Dourgnon. The museum was inaugurated in 1902 by Khedive Abbas Helmy II, and has become a historic landmark in downtown Cairo, and home to some of the world’s most magnificent ancient masterpieces.

Among the museum’s unrivaled collection are the complete burials of Yuya and Thuya, Psusennes I and the treasures of Tanis, and the Narmer Palette commemorating the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under one king, which is also among the museum’s invaluable artifacts. The museum also houses the splendid statues of the great kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the builders of the pyramids at the Giza plateau. An extensive collection of papyri, sarcophagi and jewelry, among other objects, completes this uniquely expansive museum.

Islamic art Museum:

People during the Mamluk era were known for finding beauty in the smallest details even if its the simplest objects such as this marble water jar found in the museum of Islam Art.

The jar decorated at the neck with raised Kufic inscriptions and at the bottom with four fish. The body is decorated with vegetal stems and leaves. It was brought in to the Museum of Islamic Art from the mosque/ madrasah of Tatar al-Ḥijāziyyah 761AH-1359AD.

The jar was used as a Sabil for passers-by as well as all creatures to drink clean water.

The stand of the water jar “kilgah” is also made of marble and has four legs decorated with Kufic writings and animal figures on its sides. Water was put in this “kilgah” for birds and animals to drink.

Civilization museum:

The first museum of civilization in the Arab world, the NMEC will present a comprehensive view of Egyptian civilization from prehistory to the present day, taking a multidisciplinary thematic approach designed to highlight Egypt’s tangible and intangible heritage.

A museum of a new kind, unknown so far in Egypt and the entire Middle East region, the NMEC’s main goal is to “share knowledge”, to connect with the surrounding Egyptian society and to offer international visitors a richer and deeper insight into the meaning of Egyptian culture through the ages.

Tour To Egyptian, Islamic Art & Civilisation Museums by New Cairo Travel NCT