Egyptian Museum - This historic museum in downtown Cairo is filled with the treasures of ancient Egypt. A new huge archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum, is being built in Giza to house the collection. Grand Egyptian Museum is scheduled to open in 2020. Although the Egyptian Museum is open, some artifacts may not be on display.
The Tutankhamun collection is boggling, all that gold. Aside from the big pieces, the funerary jewelry is to die for. We all wanted cobra earrings or other mummy accessories.
Once you've looked at the Tutankhamun stuff, cruise over to the royal mummies. In this exhibit, more than a dozen mummies have been unwrapped so you can see their faces. The royal mummies are amazing - your kids may be enthralled or scared, or both.
Take an excursion to the Citadel, the magnificent but crumbling fortress founded by Saladin. Within the walls, visit the extravagant Mohammed Ali Mosque - the chandelier was the biggest I've ever seen - and don't miss the clock in the courtyard. Mohammed Ali traded the obelisk from Luxor (which now stands in the Place de Concorde in Paris) for this clock that never worked.
Take a river taxi - Get out on the Nile in a river taxi. You can pick them up from the Maspero dock. Take a short hop north towards Roda Island and Coptic Cairo.

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