Visiting National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo – in pictures

The museum's collection includes 50,000 artefacts

A visitor wearing a mask as part of Covid-19 restrictions arrives at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo. Reuters

Visitors enter the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, which opened in April in the Al Fustat district of Cairo. Reuters

Exhibits at the museum include 22 mummies which travelled from their former home at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in a spectacular parade on April 3. Reuters

A sculpture in the pharaonic antiquities zone. The museum's collection includes 50,000 artefacts. Reuters

Visitors tour the pharaonic antiquities zone at the vast National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, which covers 490,000 square metres. Reuters

An exhibit in the Mummies Hall at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo. Reuters

A sculpture at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, which includes exhibits on all of Egypt's historical periods. Reuters

Exhibits in the Islamic antiquities zone. The museum is in Al Fustat, Egypt's ancient Islamic capital. Reuters

The display of mummies at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

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