DOCUMENTATION HISTORY IN THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM CAIRO AND ITS IMPACT ON COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT

Document Type : Original Article

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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt

Abstract

Egyptian Museum Cairo is considered one of the largest museums all over the world, containing ancient Egyptian antiquities telling the history of ancient Egyptians' lives; more one hundred sixty thousand objects are on display and the thousands else are in the basement and upper floor magazines. Those objects are representing different ancient periods from the lithic periods to Greco-Roman via Pharaonic periods.

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