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Egyptian Museum (Milan)

Egyptian Museum of Milan
Museo Egizio di Milano
Milano Castello 1.jpg
Location Piazza Castello 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
Website web.archive.org/web/20120626175202/http://www.milanocastello.it:80/ing/home.html

The Museo Egizio is a museum sited in the Sforza Castle of Milan, Italy. The Sforzesco Castle is one of the most famous monuments in Milan and is home to several museums including the Egyptian Section of the Milan Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Ancient Art, the Pinacoteca and the Museum of Musical Instruments.

The Egyptian Museum, situated in the underground level of the ducal courtyard, is divided into seven different sections:

A mummy dating from the Greco-Roman period, from Thebes, and Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi are exposed in the mummies, sarcophagi and funerary mask section, while some papyri of the Book of the Dead are exposed in the Funerary Cult section.

Fragments of the Book of the Dead preserved in the museum.

One of the mummies in the museum.

Funerary stele (7th-9th century BC).

Mummy of Greek-Roman era, from Thebes.

Amenemhat III (1842-1794 BC).

Ibis mummy, Greek-Roman era.

Coordinates: 45°28′14″N 9°10′43″E / 45.47056°N 9.17861°E / 45.47056; 9.17861


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