Egyptian Museum

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The Egyptian Museum is a renowned museum in Cairo that houses one of the world's most extensive and important collections of ancient Egyptian antiquities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptology museum → archaeological museum → museum →
alsoKnownAs	Cairo Egyptian Museum → Egyptian Museum in Cairo →
architect	Marcel Dourgnon →
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture →
buildingMaterial	stone →
city	Cairo →
collectionSize	over 120000 items →
collectionType	ancient Egyptian antiquities →
continent	Africa →
coordinates	30.0478°N 31.2336°E →
country	Egypt →
eraCovered	Pharaonic period → Predynastic Egypt → Ptolemaic period → Roman period in Egypt →
floorCount	2 →
formerName	Museum of Egyptian Antiquities →
hasCollection	funerary objects → jewelry → mummies → papyrus documents → royal treasures → sarcophagi → statues →
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions → temporary exhibitions →
heritage	ancient Egyptian culture →
languageOfSignage	Arabic → English →
locatedIn	Cairo → Tahrir Square →
notableFor	Middle Kingdom artifacts → New Kingdom artifacts → Old Kingdom artifacts → Tutankhamun collection → royal mummies →
openingDate	1902 →
operatedBy	Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities →
ownedBy	Egyptian government →
primaryDiscipline	Egyptology →
publicTransitAccess	Sadat metro station →
region	Downtown Cairo →
significance	one of the largest collections of Pharaonic antiquities in the world →
touristAttraction	major tourist attraction in Cairo →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Egyptian Museum ("Egyptian Museum in Cairo") → Egyptian Museum ("Cairo Egyptian Museum") →	alsoKnownAs
Cairo Governorate →	contains
Amarna letters ("Egyptian Museum Cairo") →	currentLocation
Ballana ("Egyptian Museum in Cairo") →	findsDistributedTo
Egyptian Museum ("Museum of Egyptian Antiquities") →	formerName
Cairo →	hasLandmark
Greater Cairo metropolitan area →	hasMajorLandmark
Tahrir Square →	hasNearbyBuilding
Egyptian museums ("Egyptian Museum in Cairo") →	include