Egypt: Day 2
September 17, 2022
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Above: The front of the Egyptian Museum, built in 1901, opened in 1902.
1 to 3 show the face of the Egyptian Museum ... "MONUMENTA PRIORIS AEVI HIS SEDIBUS COLLOCAVIT-DOMINI MCM-ABBAS HILMI PRINCEPS
HEGIRAE, MCCCXVII YEAR" means "Monuments of an earlier age brought together in this place, in the year of the Lord 1900. The Khedive
Abbas Hilmi in the year of the Hijra, 1317"
4 is the interior of the first floor of the Egyptian Museum.
5 and 6 show the burial tomb of Deshri 2100-2030 BC.
8 shows wing detail from the statue of Pharoah Khafre, from his burial temple in Giza, he of the Khafre Pyramid in Giza, around 2500 BC.
9 and 10, Rahotep and Nofret, Pharaoh Sneferu's son and son's wife, Pharaoh Khufu's brother (Khufu of the Great Pyramid of Egypt), 2575-2551 BC.
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