The second part of this post will show the artifacts on the first floor of the museum. Sadly, the Royal Mummy Room has been removed and photography is not allowed in some rooms.
Royal Tombs of Tanis
Silver coffin of Psusennes I
His canopic jars
Wooden sarcophagus of Yuya
Coffin of Yuya
There are many Fayoum Mummies
A portrait of the deceased is painted on a wooden panel and placed on the face of his mummy or painted direct on his mummy
Fayoum portrait is a stylistic rather than a geographic description of the mummies
It started during the Roman rule in Egypt.
A fusion of Egyptian and Roman-Graeco funerary practice
A very tall mummy
Funerary boats
A blue faience hippopotamus from Thebes
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