National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)

المتحف القومي للحضارة المصرية

Some twenty pharaohs lie in a dim underground hall

Hours

Daily 9am–5pm (per Wikivoyage)

Tickets

Foreigners EGP 550, students EGP 300 (per Wikivoyage, updated October 2025; an increase has been announced, so check)

Address

Beside Ain el-Sira lake in Fustat, 10 minutes' drive east of Coptic Cairo

In 2021 the mummies of Ramses II and other kings and queens were moved here in a lavish parade. The underground Royal Mummies Hall is kept dark like a tomb, and behind glass lie faces more than 3,000 years old, hair and fingernails intact. The main hall upstairs walks you through Egypt from prehistory to now, a good way to tie together the pyramids and museums. Far quieter than the GEM.