Our guide will meet you from your hotel to the National Museum of Civilization through our professional representatives.
The reason it's called the Museum of Civilization is that the most important thing here is the very concept of civilization. It's not about a specific era or time. Each display case tells a different story or concept of civilization.
The choice of the city of Alfostat as the site of the museum was carefully considered, as its geographical setting contains traces of different civilizations, providing the best evidence of Egypt's tolerance of religions as the cradle of civilizations.
The pharaohs established a large city where the Babylonians made a settlement when they descended on Egypt; the Romans used the city as their defense center for both the maritime and tribal fronts facing any foreign aggressor against Egypt.
The museum is divided into two separate sections, one chronological and the other thematic.
It covers many time periods, such as ancient, pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, modern, and contemporary. The thematic sections include: the dawn of civilization, the Nile, writing, state and society, material culture, beliefs and thought, and the Royal Mummies Exhibition.
Now it's time to enjoy the one-hour quad bike ride and then you will be transferred to your hotel at the end of your tour.