National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

The first museum devoted to Egyptian civilization, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) will be situated on the archaeological site of El Fustat, in Cairo. The museum overlooks the Ain el Seera lake in the south-east of the historic city of Ciaro. The NMEC will be the only museum in Egypt to present the full range of the richness and diversity of Egyptian civilization throughout the ages, from prehistoric times to present day.  The museum will display and interpret artifacts and works of art that will reveal the unique qualities of Egyptian culture. Its collections will be drawn from the Egyptian National Collections.

The core exhibition highlights the main achievements of Egyptian civilization according to eight time periods (from Prehistory to Modern) and six thematic galleries cover a variety of subjects; Dawn of civilization, The Nile, Writing, State and society, Material culture and Beliefs and thinking.  The climax of the visitor's experience will be the Royal Mummies gallery, which aims to recreate the experience of visiting a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

An important collection on display will contain prehistoric artefacts, collected by Zaaki Saad from about 1,000 tombs in the period from 1940-1950.

From the museum there will be an archaeological walking path to the Fatimid dyers houses (the masbargha), the Saladin wall and the El Fustat archaeological site. An archaeobotanic garden will show plants from ancient Egyptian times.