BOOK A TOUR OF THE ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF THE GEM! Today, the Grand Egyptian Museum announced that it will start accepting bookings for a limited number of guided tours, to further test site readiness and the visitor experience.The guided tour will give visitors a chance to experience the areas of GEM that are accessible, specifically the Hanging Obelisk, the Grand Hall, the Glass Hall, the outdoor areas, and retail and food and beverage outlets.All other museum interior spaces, including the galleries, will remain closed until the official opening of the museum.Book your GEM tour NOW through this link: www.visit-gem.com.

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Queen Ahmose-Nefertari (1550- 1525 B.C.), daughter of King Sekenenré Ta’o II and Queen Ah-hotep I, and wife of King Ahmose I.Queen Ahmose Nefertari has obtained several sociopolitical and religious titles. For instance, she was the first royal woman to be designated the “God’s Wife of Amun”. The queen has obtained several other titles such as; the “Great Royal Wife”, the “Mother of the King”, and the “Lady of the Two Lands.This coffin belongs to Queen Ahmose Nefertari,The mummy of the Queen was discovered in the Deir el-Bahari Cache (TT 320)in Dier El-bahari in 1881.The Mummy and the Coffin is displayed in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo,Fustat.

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On International womens day, highlighting the great Queen Ahhotep. Her story begins as a royal princess who married the warrior king Seqenenre Tao at the end of Dynasty 17. This was at the time when the royal family in Thebes was starting the liberation wars against the Hyksos in Northern Egypt.It is believed that she ruled Egypt while her husband was in battle. She later became co-regent with her young son king Ahmose I, who eventually defeated the Hyksos and unified Egypt under his rule. A stela erected by Ahmose praises his mother and describes her as “she is one who has accomplished the rites and cared for Egypt, she has looked after Egypt’s soldiers”.Ahhotep had a lavish burial which included many objects bearing her son’s name as well as beautiful jewelry.

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King Sekenen Ré Ta’o II, the second ruler of the 17th Dynasty (c. 1555 B. C) that ruled Upper Egypt through Thebes, he held the title “Qen” or “the Brave, he married Queen Ah-hotep I, who bore him Kamose and Ahmose, and he considered one of the most famous Egyptian kings, Who fell as a martyr while defending the homeland against the Hyksos, he became a symbol of heroism and redemption in ancient Egyptian literature for centuries.

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The Egyptian Museum has the honor to invite you to attend a lecture entitled "The royal and non-royal sources of the books of the afterlife in the Egyptian museum" by Dr.Khaled Abdel Ghany Associate professor in the Egyptology and coptic seminar at the gottingen University in Germany On Monday , March 12, 2023, at 1:30 in Hall 39 in the Egyptian Museum.

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Votive Stela was found in the Dendera Temple, depicting the goddess Nut sitting on a birthing chair (Maskhent), as she gives birth to the goddess Isis. She is accompanied by two breastfeeding goddesses. These pieces were offered to the goddess Isis in her small temple behind Dendera Temple, where her birthday was celebrated every year. Displayed at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, Cairo.

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A Golden scorpion with a human head wearing Hathor Headdress
found in the tomb of Queen Karomama, wife of Takelothis II and mother of Osorkon III Dynasty 22 (945-712 BC) found in Tell el-Muqdâm (Leontopolis). Displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Cairo.

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From the visit of actress Mary Munib and members of Naguib Al-Rihani to the Egyptian Museum from the Makram Salama archive.

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The Egyptian Museum has the honor to invite you to attend a lecture entitled "Secrets of Tutankhamun's Necklace" presented by Prof. Dr. Magda Abdallah, Professor of History and Antiquities of Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Head of the History Department of the Faculty of Arts, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Deputy Director of the Regional Center for Antiquities, Arts and ancient Civilizations at the Arab Council of the general Union of Arab Archaeologists on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 12:30 in Hall 39 in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Cairo.

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The Ram Statues that was Made in the reign of Ramses II beside the Polygon of Nectanebo II in Karnak Temple Complex.

Oil Painting of Princess Jesham affet Hanemefendi (1830- 1907), the third wife of Khedive Ismail. Displayed in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, Egypt.

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The statue of Alexander the Great by sculptor John Pappas, It is a bust made of bronze. It is located in Civilizations Square. This artwork was donated by the Greek Minister of Culture to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina at the time of its official opening.Alexander the Great is one of the Greek kings of Macedonia, and one of the most famous military leaders and conquerors throughout history. Alexander was born in the city of Pella around the year 356 BC, and by the age of thirty, he had established one of the largest And the greatest empires known to the ancient world, which stretched from the coasts of the Ionian Sea in the west to the Himalayan mountain range in the east.Alexander is also the founder of the city of Alexandria, where he ordered work on the establishment of the city around the year 332 BC. And Alexander the Great and his successors took it as the capital until the Islamic conquest of Egypt.

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Within the framework of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir’s keenness to spread archaeological, cultural, and tourism awareness among all segments of society, and its belief in the museum’s role as a cultural and educational institution, the museum receives a number of Egyptian visitors, foreign tourists, many official delegations and public figures, as well as school and university trips from all over Egypt. The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is one of the most important archaeological destinations in Egypt - one for Egyptian visitors and foreign tourists to enjoy and where they can learn about ancient Egyptian civilization. The Egyptian Museum has been considered one of the most important museums in the world since its opening in 1902.

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