The Coptic Museum

The Coptic Museum is located in the old Cairo area. It has a complete collection of Coptic artworks. It integrates the styles of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantine and Turkey. It is like a history of the evolution of Egyptian civilization. Building with a rich historical atmosphere This two-story museum is built on the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, which is very retro and has a strong historical atmosphere. In front of the main building stands a bronze bust of the museum's founder, Marcus Smeek Pasha. The museum has a total of 25 exhibition halls, of which 9 are on the first floor, and the others are on the second floor, which display manuscripts, textiles, stone carvings, pottery, murals, paintings, sacred texts from the 4th century AD to the early 18th century Coptic. Images, ivory carvings, gold and silverware, woodware, iron art, glassware and various manuscripts and other historical relics and historical sites. Unmissable exhibits Linen clothing worn by Egyptians in the 6th and 7th centuries: as the whole society at that time was influenced by the Byzantine Dynasty, the clothing had a cross-shaped Coptic symbol; the "Coptic" written in Coptic The Bible: from the Nubian region of the 10th-11th century, and Coptic is a language created with the pronunciation of ancient Egyptian; the ancient altar found in Egypt: from the 5th century, there are many popular science on the altar The emblem of the special cross and the pod-shaped pattern, and the altar has a tall wooden dome protective cover, which was specially added by the Fatimid dynasty.