Egyptian Museum of Turin

The mysteries of ancient Egypt aroused and continue to arouse great interest. One of the places famous for its collections of priceless archaeological exhibits is the Egyptian Museum in Turin. It is located in the building of the Academy of Sciences of the XVII century and is perhaps one of the most visited in the world, there are more than half a million tourists annually.

Mummies, sarcophagi, papyri and even Egyptian bread, baked three thousand years ago, will allow you to plunge into the wonderful world of ancient Egypt, without leaving sunny and hospitable Italy.

The year of the museum’s foundation is considered to be 1824, and since 1894 the museum’s collection has been thoroughly replenished, and now it includes about 30,000 exhibits, starting from the IV millennium BC to the V-VI AD.

The museum is surprisingly interesting in terms of cultural and historical perception of ancient Egyptian civilization, second only to the Louvre and the Cairo Museum.