The Egyptian museum is above hundred years old and counted to be the biggest ever in contents. The masterpieces exceed hundred-thousand. The museum was founded by the French scholar Auguste Marirtte in 1853 in a smaller scale while the current one, was opened in 1902.




Pair of rose-granite sphinxes belong to king Thutmoses IV about 1400 BC, both date back to 18th dynasty. Museum's garden.

A figure in granite represents the king in a childish style with the sun disc above it's head while next to him from the left the heqa crook "means ruler" and god Amun is shown to the right of the king. The whole carving is a representation of the name of king Ramsess II

Another statue for Ramsess II carved in red granite dates back to the 19th dynasty around 1200 BC.

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