The Egyptian Museum is the oldest museum for antiquities in the Middle East and was designed in a classical style. It consists of two floors and houses a large and distinctive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the most famous of which is the Narmer Palette, which commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under one ruler.
The museum has a large collection of statues and artifacts from the era of the pyramid builders, the funerary collection of Yuya and Thuya, a collection of mummies, papyrus, coffins, and jewelry from various Pharaonic eras. It houses more than 180,000 artifacts.
The museum witnessed the Royal Mummies Procession, where 22 mummies were transferred from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.