TEXTO PARA LOS GUIAS DEL MUSEO: CULMA, MILA, BEDOYA Y MOLINA
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Good morning teacher and students welcome to The Museum of Egyptian
Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive
collection of ancient Egyptian
antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display. The
building is one of the largest museums in the region. As of October
2015, the museum is open to the public.
Please follow me.
Here we have the pyramids, they are the most important ancient
constructions in Egypt, the main one is Giza, the second one is Keops, the
third one Kefren and Miserino. They were the last place for pharaohs as a
tomb.
Also, we can see a sphinxes like a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
In this places are the sarcophagus, these are a box-like funeral, used to
buried the main pharaohs, and the Mummies, these are bodies of pharaohs
prepared to go to the eternal travel.
Another important aspect for the Egyptian culture were the gods, they were: NOMBRAS ALGUNOS DIOSES PUESTOS EN EXHIBICION.
Here we have the pharaohs: Cleopatra, Nerfertiti, Tuth ank amon, Akenaton,
and Ramses.
Did you know that ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as humans?,
the sacred animals in Egypt were: the cats, scarab beetle, crocodiles, cows, snakes
like a cobra and the Ibis bird.
Here we have the Egyptian woods weapons: bows, swords and axes.
The Egyptian papyrus was the small books, used to teach the law and to
represent their live.
Finally we can see the jewelry and the Egyptians crowns made in gold and
precious stones.
Thank you for visit us, bye.
