The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
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2025 Cairo

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Grand Egyptian Museum

GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery

Tutankhamun Funeral Mask, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Tutankhamun Funeral Mask
Tutankhamun Funeral Mask, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Tutankhamun Funeral Mask
Tutankhamun Funeral Mask, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Tutankhamun Funeral Mask
Funerary Shrines, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Funerary Shrines
Outer Coffin, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Outer Coffin
Middle Coffin, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Middle Coffin
Middle Coffin, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Middle Coffin
Inner Coffin 110 kg of solid gold, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Inner Coffin
110 kg of solid gold
Ornate Royal Chair, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Ornate Royal Chair
Royal chariot, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Royal chariot
Royal Throwing Sticks, GEM: Tutankhamun Gallery, 2025 Cairo
Royal Throwing Sticks

GEM: Other Highlights

Ramses II, GEM: Other Highlights, 2025 Cairo
Ramses II
Senwosret I, GEM: Other Highlights, 2025 Cairo
Senwosret I
Troop Model (11th Dynasty), GEM: Other Highlights, 2025 Cairo
Troop Model (11th Dynasty)
King Khufu’s Solar Barge A 4500 year old boat.  Wow., GEM: Other Highlights, 2025 Cairo
King Khufu’s Solar Barge
A 4500 year old boat. Wow.
King Khufu’s Solar Barge, GEM: Other Highlights, 2025 Cairo
King Khufu’s Solar Barge

GEM: Public Spaces

Entry lobby and Ramses II, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Entry lobby and Ramses II
Early-bird view down steps, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Early-bird view down steps
Mid-morning view down steps, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Mid-morning view down steps
Hazy view from GEM to Pyramids, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Hazy view from GEM to Pyramids
Museum Exit, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Museum Exit
Hanging Obelisk of Ramses II, GEM: Public Spaces, 2025 Cairo
Hanging Obelisk of Ramses II

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Royal Mummies: But no photos allowed, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
Royal Mummies: But no photos allowed
Wooden hoes.  First Dynasty.  ~3000 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
Wooden hoes. First Dynasty. ~3000 bc
Wooden sickles with flint blades.   First Dynasty.  ~3000 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
Wooden sickles with flint blades.
First Dynasty. ~3000 bc
Stela of King Qa'a.  First Dynasty.  ~2900 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
Stela of King Qa'a. First Dynasty. ~2900 bc
King Akhenaten.  ~1350 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
King Akhenaten. ~1350 bc
Khonsu.  18th dynasty, ~1400 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
Khonsu. 18th dynasty, ~1400 bc
King Thutmose III.  ~1450 bc, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, 2025 Cairo
King Thutmose III. ~1450 bc

Giza Pyramids & Sphinx

View from the Menai House Hotel, Giza Pyramids & Sphinx, 2025 Cairo
View from the Menai House Hotel
Giza Plateau, Giza Pyramids & Sphinx, 2025 Cairo
Giza Plateau

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