Egyptian Museum

Description

Step back in time to ancient Egypt on a private tour of the Egyptian Museum Cairo with a private, Egyptologist guide. View the star attraction — the treasures of Tut Ankh Amun — and let your guide introduce you to the highlights of the Egyptian and Roman collections.

Admire Tut Ankh Amun’s gold death mask, coffins and chariot; view age-old mummies of Egypt’s kings, and see other pharaonic furnishings and items as your guide recounts their history.

With thousands of artifacts on show, a visit to the Cairo Egyptian Museum can be overwhelming without a guide.

Highlights

Private tour to Cairo’s famous Egyptian Museum

Over 165,000 artifacts from ancient Egypt to discover

See the famous treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun

Egyptian Collection

Roman Collection

Artifacts of Kings of Egypt

Artifacts from many Dynasties

Pharaonic furnitures

Option to visit the Royal Mummies Room

Beautiful frontyard

Full morning to explore the museum at your leisure Enjoy privileged, personalized attention from your expert Egyptologist guide on this special private tour

What You Can Expect

King Tut Ankh Amun collection, Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Start with a hotel pickup, and travel by air-conditioned minivan to the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo.

On route, hear an informed introduction to the museum from your private, qualified Egyptologist guide. If there’s anything you want to see more or less of, let your guide know. Your tour itinerary can be tailored to your preference.

Home to more than 165,000 Egyptian artifacts, the museum’s main treasures lie in its Tut Ankh Amun collection, an array of antiquities from the reign of the boy pharaoh, including his gold death mask and six gilded coffins.

The museum also houses near-countless other treasures including everyday objects, tombs, jewelry and mummies from the prehistoric Egyptian period through to the Roman era.

Knowing where to start can be daunting, so let your guide introduce you to the highlights. View the Tut Ankh Amun exhibits, including his spectacular, solid gold death mask; chariot and other funerary riches. And admire other prize exhibits, such as pharaonic sarcophagi and everyday objects,

Roman-era funerary paintings and more.

If you wish, visit the Royal Mummies Room (additional cost), another museum showpiece. Enter this climate-controlled room to view the mummies of Egyptian rulers such as Ramses II, builder of Luxor’s Karnak Temple.

After introducing you to the main attractions, your guide will give you free time to explore further, at your leisure.

If you wish, following your time at the museum, take the opportunity to visit a Papyrus Institute to learn about this ancient form of writing and art, painted onto papyrus canvases. Perhaps buy some papyrus scenes as souvenirs (own expense), before your tour ends with a hotel drop-off.

Entrance fees are not included in the price of any tours: We do not charge in advance for site entrance fees to add flexibility to your program as you may choose to skip one or more sites depending upon your interests.