Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

Munich


This small museum of late-19th-century Egyptian finds was moved to a purpose-built site in 2013. The 21st-century-style curation has left things feeling sparse, but there's still a lot to learn here about the 5000 years the pharaohs ruled what is now Egypt and Sudan.


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