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70 Days at the Grand Egyptian Museum
A 70-day journey through 100,000 artifacts at the world's largest single-civilization museum.
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The Egyptian Museum
Cairo's original antiquities museum, on Tahrir Square since 1902
Downtown Cairo· Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo
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The Egyptian Museum has stood on Tahrir Square since 1902, in a building designed by French architect Marcel Dourgnon. It holds one of the world's largest collections of ancient Egyptian antiquities, more than 170,000 items covering roughly 5,000 years of history. Its Tutankhamun holdings were transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza when that museum opened in November 2025.
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The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun
On day one we begin where the world began watching: the most famous funerary mask in history, finally home in its full architectural setting.
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The Hanging Obelisk
A 18-ton granite obelisk suspended from steel cables greets every visitor. It is the only structure of its kind in the world.
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Inside the Conservation Lab
The largest archaeological conservation facility in the world. Where 5,398 Tutankhamun objects were patiently rejoined to their century.
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Photographers and artists of Cairo
We are telling the story of how Cairo shops for food: the chains, the baqals, the kiosks, and the map of where they all are. It is a story made of numbers, and it is missing your pictures. Send us photographs or artwork of the grocery experience in this city. Your name is on everything we publish.
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- Someone buying tomatoes.
- A woman comparing two packets of pasta.
- Or surprise us. You know this city better than any brief we could write.
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