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Description
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display and the remainder in storerooms. Built in 1901 by the Italian construction company, Garozzo-Zaffarani, to a design by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the edifice is one of the largest museums in the region.
Obverse
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Depicts the building of museum behind it one hundred with a ribbon intertwine, dates above and the inscriptions "Egyptian museum" in Arabic and English below. ١٩٠٢ - ٢٠٠٢ |
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Reverse
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Denomination divides dates (Hegira and Gregorian), inscription "Arab Republic of Egypt" above. جمهورية مصر العربية |
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