Shenzhen News Network News (Reporter Li Xiaolei) The National Museum of Egypt is one of the world's famous museums and the museum with the largest collection of Egyptian cultural relics in the world, which was officially opened to the public in 1902. Photo by Li Renqi
The museum has more than 300,000 historical relics from the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs to the 6th century AD, and 63,000 pieces are on display. Photo by Li Renqi
Because of its extensive collection of artifacts from the Pharaonic period, the Egyptians used to call it the "Pharaonic Museum". Photo by Li Renqi
The first floor of the museum mainly displays the general cultural relics of ancient Egypt, and the second floor houses precious cultural relics: there are mummy rooms, jewelry rooms, painting rooms, burial goods rooms, prehistoric relics rooms, Tutankhamun rooms, etc. Photo by Li Renqi
The halls on the ground floor are arranged clockwise according to the chronological order, and the statues in room 48 are statues of pharaohs from the early dynastic period. Photo by Li Renqi
There are a large number of exquisite stone carvings in the museum. Photo by Li Renqi
Different Sphinxes. Photo by Li Renqi
Each has its own characteristics. Photo by Li Renqi
Statue of Pharaoh Hasu, who was the only female pharaoh of the Pharaoh's time. Photo by Li Renqi
Pharaoh Menkoala trio standing. Photo by Li Renqi
This is a seated portrait of a scribe, and the characters are delicately portrayed and particularly realistic. The pattern on the 200 Egyptian pound has him. Photo by Li Renqi
Pygmy Sebuni and his family, this group of statues is famous for its elaborate structural layout. Photo by Li Renqi
A limestone vase with decorative lids, two lids in the shape of a cow's head, one for a wild goat, and one for a frog. Each vase is approximately 25 cm high. Photo by Li Renqi
This is the jade carving vessel where Tutankhamun's entrails are placed. Photo by Li Renqi
The first jewel of the Egyptian Museum is the Narmer Palette, which depicts Menes, the first pharaoh who unified Upper and Lower Egypt, on a stone slab. Photo by Li Renqi
The palette depicts the monarch conquering hostile forces and destroying enemies, and is used to praise the powerful image of the monarch. Photo by Li Renqi
This is a local tour guide, who said that he has never been to China and that he learned Chinese in Egypt. He spoke a slightly jerky but intelligible Chinese. Photo by Li Renqi
Through the cultural relics in front of us, we can vaguely see how they once lived. Photo by Li Renqi