Cairo Museum

It took us a couple tries to get to the Cairo Museum. Mainly because it required us to get up at 5:30 am in order to drive across the city and get in before the crowds and the heat. So, since we’ve been averaging getting to be at about 2 am, we missed the 5:30 am alarm a few days until we were finally able to drag ourselves out. (Of course on the days we missed the alarm we found other adventures to keep us busy… on one of these mornings Donia’s mom dragged us to a salon to have our nails done and they filed like half my foot off! I will never forgive her… of course, they do look kinda pretty now…)

Anyways!! Back to the Museum! THIS was a COOL Museum! When you walk in the front gates they have huge statues all around the grounds and, best of all, you’re actually allowed to touch these milleium old artefacts! You could feel this ancient history with your own hands!

hahahaha Zombie Donia!

Inside you were not allowed to take pictures but I’ve bought lots of post cards that showed some of my favourite things from inside, including ancient chariots that had been buried with King Tut, his five gold covered tombes that all fit like 3D puzzle pieces inside one another and, of course, the Royal Mummies!

Another cool thing that surprised me to see were the mummified animals (‘pets’ if you will) that the pharaohs had preserved and buried when they died. There were horses, sheep, dogs, cats and, coolest of all, Nile Crocodiles! There were two crocodile mummies displayed and they were each at least 15 feet long!

AND I sent off postcards while at the Museum so hopefully you’ll get them before I get home! Miss you all!