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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is a large museum located in Old Cairo, a district of Cairo, Egypt.

Partially opened in 2017, the museum was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade. The museum displays a collection of 50,000 artifacts, presenting the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the Modern era.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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