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.

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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.