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Egyptian Museum
museum, Cairo, Egypt
Also known as: Al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī
Category:
History & Society
- Arabic:
- Al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī
- Date:
- 1858 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- history
- Related People:
- Auguste Mariette
- Gaston Maspero
Egyptian Museum, museum of Egyptian antiquities in Cairo, which was founded in the 19th century by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette and which housed the world’s most valuable collection of its kind into the 21st century. The Egyptian Museum was founded in 1858 at Būlāq, moved to Al-Jīzah (Giza), and settled in its present site in downtown Cairo in 1897–1902. The building was designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon in Neoclassical style and was the first purpose-built museum in the Middle East and North Africa. The museum is unique in its presentation of the whole history of Egyptian civilization, ...(100 of 325 words)