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In Which I Wax Poetic About the Egyptian Museum

One of the obvious highlights of any visit to Cairo is a trip to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum. With an almost incomprehensible number of priceless antiquities, including the famous Tutankhamun gold and the mummy of Ramses II, you can easily while away an entire day or two there.

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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. | Image credit: V Manninen

As someone who is kind of a museum junkie and also spent her childhood hoarding copies of National Geographic that featured Egyptian antiquities, I have some complicated feelings about the Egyptian Museum. Continue reading In Which I Wax Poetic About the Egyptian Museum