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| Lulu in front of the Egyptian Archeology Museum |
The last place we visited on our tour was the National Archeology Museum. It was on the Nile River directly across from our hotel. One could spend days - months - years - studying all the antiquities there. It is an Egyptologists dream. The place looks - sounds - smells - feels - just like one would expect in your dreams. The museum was built in 1903 - and they just keep filling it up with wooden display cases of the treasure. I had to go back for a second look at closing time - it just blew away. I will post a video of my last few minutes in the museum - alone. Scarey.
The next day - we caught our first of 4 planes home. Cairo - Dubai - Paris - Atlanta - Tallahassee. Because we were flying with the sun - we left Cairo and got home the same day. Because we caught an earlier flight - we left Cairo at 9 AM - and got home at 3 PM. It sounds like only 6 hours - but we flew 21 hours.
Since our guide paid for the admissions in our package - I am not sure what it cost. We are still trying to figure out how he gave us such a good tour for so little cash.
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| This was a Roman mummy from around 200 AD |
Egypt and the museum are like layers of history - one story on top of the other. They start about 4700 BC - then how thru history when they were governed by several cities and dynasties - then other countries - Greeks - Romans. They were overrun during wars by the French and Germans. Today - they are an independent country of 100 millions people. The Nile River which runs 4500 miles north to the Med Sea is the lifeblood. People seldom leave this country - if they do - it is to earn money to come back and thrive there. They are a people country - proud of their history - another future.
Here are pictures from the museum.
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| Our guide Mohammed explained anything we wanted |
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| Our Stegeinberger Hotel |
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| This scribe's eyes moved as you moved. He was buried along with the king |
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| King Tut was buried in a series of wooden nested boxes coated in gold |
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| Temperatures were in the 60s and 70s. With a breeze it could be chilly. |
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| This granite statue is full of Egyptian symbolism |
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| The scribe was buried along with many kings |
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| This is one of the oldest paintings known to man |
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| The eyes were precious stones |
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| Some things do not change |
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| A burial chamber removed intact |
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| Hieroglyphics - picture writing |
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| King Tut was off limits to cameras. |
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| Rooms and rooms full of artifacts |
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| See Lulu with the gold statues |
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| 4000 year old furniture buried for the afterlife |
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| The King Tut room - no cameras |
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| Marble and alabaster items buried with kings |
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| A golden throne |
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| Giant statues |
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| The second building from the right was our Hotel Steigenberger - right by museum |
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| Lots of limestone and granite |
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| These times have not been moved since 1903. |
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| Mummy case |
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| Stone mummy case |
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| More modern from Greek times - 500 BC |
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| Burial masks |
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| King Tut - he was 19 when he died |
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| The old oak cabinets were antiques |
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| Mummy cases stacked like cord wood |
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| Beautiful vivid colorful decorations - 4000 years ago |
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| More mummies. |
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| The National Museum |
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| Metal detectors to enter our hotel |
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| Our fenced and gated hotel at night |
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| Granite |
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| Limestone |
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