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electric_blue68

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3. I would have liked to have seen The Pyramids but that didn't work out. This museum looks fantastic! Powerful....

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Thu Nov 6, 2025, 07:40 PM

Nov 6

I did see King Tut when they had the exhibition at the Met in NYC.

Many wonderful Egyptian artifacts at the Met.
And the special big room they built to house The Temple of Dendur which would have been buried under water from the Aswan High Dam that was being built. Quite magical.

Thanks for the vids!

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The short & the longish (saving time 4 U) views of Egypt's massive museum [View all] UTUSN Nov 3 OP

I hope I can return to Egypt and tour the new museum. I visited the Cairo Museum in 2012 (at the height of the Arab sinkingfeeling Nov 5 #1

Incredible-you! - ain't this museum something! - plus, we can see everything online! UTUSN Nov 5 #2

I would have liked to have seen The Pyramids but that didn't work out. This museum looks fantastic! Powerful.... electric_blue68 Nov 6 #3