The Coptic Museum

Enjoy relaxation and tranquility in one of the enjoyable places such as the colorful Coptic Museum with its beautiful green gardens. It is the historical museum that was built in Cairo in 1910, and is filled with the largest and richest collection of Christian artwork, and also contains Egyptian Christian antiques Documents and artifacts, where you will see some of the cultures that influenced this museum, such as Byzantine, Ottoman, Greek, ancient Egyptian, and Roman arts.

 

Get wander at the Coptic Museum which located beside the remains of Babylon fortress at the Old Cairo, find your peace and let your spirit fly while visiting the Coptic Museum, Explore the Coptic history in Egypt, you will have the chance to immerse yourself in the history of the Christianity that was spread in Egypt during the Roman era in the second century, further the Christianity history in Egypt has lots of events, It was the dominant religion in Egypt until the year 641 AD, when the Arabs conquest Egypt. Smika Pasha played a vital role in building the modern museum, as he collected the most famous great Coptic antiquities from all over Egypt and preserved them.


 
With White Bird Travel you will explore the Egyptian Coptic culture, while your visiting of the museum and walk around there are amazing antiquities. It consists of two parts, the old section built by Smika Pasha, and the new section, which contains two floors, which was opened to the public in 2006 after a period of restoration and repair, as it cost 30 million Egyptian pounds due to the massive earthquake that struck Egypt in 1992.
 

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