Europe Day Sixty One - The Egyptian Museum

We had breakfast in our room again and headed out to the streets of Egypt. Our first stop was the bizarre where they sold a lot of merchandise that honestly wasn't that great but was neat to see. We didn't buy anything we just looked around for a bit. The bizarre was called Khan El Khalili. Once we left we headed to the Cairo Citadel complex and went up to a Mosque called Muhammad Ali which was huge.

We had to take off our shoes to go in which I didn't mind because the carpet inside was really soft.

We checked the inside of the Mosque and it was beautiful. The lights were amazing and the roof stretched on forever. After we checked out the inside we went out to the courtyard with the view of the Egyptian desert. As we looked out across the city it was dry with not a blade of grass. Our driver had given us some booklets to read about his religion and that of the Mosques we were visiting. Even though we had seen so many cathedrals across Europe it was interesting to see a different place of worship.

Outside Muhammad Ali we met our driver and grabbed some ice cream as a cold treat for the really hot day. We left Old Cairo and headed to the Egyptian Museum. Once we went inside every corner was filled with sculptures, clay pots, papyrus, statues of ancient gods, powder paints, and the coolest of all - Mummies.

We got tickets to the Mummies room and made our way through the Museum. Every few minutes somebody wanted a selfie with Zaddek because of his blonde hair and two girls practically followed him through the whole Museum. It was funny. We finally made it to the Mummy room and it was pretty creepy. They were in glass boxes laid out across the room and some were missing fingers, jaws, and one was practically caved in at the chest. 

Then we made it to the other Mummies room. This one was mostly the same as the other one but one of the Mummies was wrapped with what looked to be a pet cat which was very important in Egyptian religion being the form Egyptian Gods took when they come to Earth. Once we finished looking around the Mummies room we left and walked about the rest of the Museum. 

After we looked around the Museum and got our last looks at all the amazing art and history we left the Museum and went back to the hotel for the night. We had our last buffet dinner at the restaurant before heading up to our rooms. 

Total miles walked: 4.5 miles

1 Van Taxi with the same driver everywhere