The Egyptian Museum
May 25, 2006
A view of the museum from a construction zone next to Tahrir Square. They are planning to move the collection to the Grand Egyptian Museum to be located somewhere on the Giza plateau, so sooner or later this building will be closed.. perhaps they will make it into a museum for the city of Cairo?
Almost as interesting as the actual ancient Egyptian remains are the tourists, who arrive in crowded buses. Nothing could be more wrenching than the difference between clothing styles inside this museum and those outside on the streets of Cairo. But most of these people are simply transferred from one tourist stop to the next..
