Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum

The Sphinx guards the tomb. That is what a pyramid is, an elaborate tomb, says Islam our Egyptologist. It is carved out of a single stone and even though it is missing a nose and a beard, it has held up well for 4500 years.

After lunch we headed for the Egyptian Museum. It much more than a collection of fancy coffins. Here you find an impressive array of artifacts made by ancient persons, some big, some small.

There is carved stone, gilded thrones, mummies, animal mummies and jewelry, just to name a few.
The most famous artifact being King Tut Ankh Amon. His mask, chair, jewellery all were gilded in gold. His inner coffin was 450 lb of solid gold! The 3 outer sarcophagus’s were beautifully painted.

As there were no photographs allowed we bought a postcard!En savoir plus