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170,000 items. The Egyptian Museum occupies a building constructed in 1901 on Tahrir Square and is one of the largest museums in Africa as well as the first national museum of the Middle East.

History

Early museums and relocations

The Egyptian government established a museum in 1835 near the Ezbekieh Garden.

Youssef Diaa Effendi, the director of the Antiquities Department,

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