Luxor Mummification Museum


Mummification Museum is located in Luxor, and is characterized as a museum adjacent to the River Nile, which makes it so charming, and the length of the side overlooking the river about 300 meters.This museum was established in 1995, and opened in May 1997, with an area of ​​2035 square meters, which is the first of its kind in the world.

 















It consists of the following sections:First, antiques showroom with an area of ​​300 m, and a scrap of 19 View,The number of artifacts in the hall 66 a piece, chronicling the eras of different ancient Egyptian history, except for two pieces, namely a sample of modern salt natron, which brought from Wadi Natrun western Delta, and the duck stuffed newly-made world, the Egyptian Zaki Iskandar, chemist Alfred Lucas in 1942, as well as to a number of paintings that represent the stages of death and rebirth, the account.Showroom is divided into two parts, the first is a upward slope from the left side of the hall, which displays the ten paintings by the artist Khalid Amin, and these paintings are taken from Brdety "I" and "is - Navarre," the two British Museum.


The second section of the hall at the end of the ramp and its Vatrinat display, which includes a number of artifacts, including: the gods of mummification are statue of Osiris, wooden, and the statues of Isis and Nephthys, and the boat funeral, and the statue of Anubis that lies, in addition to embalming tools sets and means of embalming, coffins.Hall also has a number of stuffed animals that have had a particular significance to the ancient Egyptian, such as the ram, and the cat, the ibis, the crocodile and the monkey.The most famous mummies in the museum, it is the mummy of Prince Masaherty in his coffin and mummy of the reign of King Khufu, and funds the bowels of the Queen "Hotep" - the mother of King Khufu - The Mummy "alienated" from the era of the Fifth Dynasty at Saqqara.







Second, lecture hall and room for 204 people and held by the lectures on cultural topics of the ancient Egyptian civilization and especially mummification.Third: Library Zaki Iskandar give her family has donated to the museum.Fourth, a cafeteria equipped with the latest capabilities.Fifth: The restaurant has a kitchen with the latest styles in modern large hotels.