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- 5 Reviews
Reviews of Mummification Museum
Ozge Oguz - 5
The museum has human & animal mummification samples. Also the mummification tools, ceremonial items, tombs and the mummification rituals are explained in detail. A small but compact museum, which is highly suggested if you are interested.
Nadine Rost - 4
Nice, but super small. 200 pound entrance fee
Dan Omoigui - 3
An interesting, though very tiny, museum near Luxor Temple which could serve as a nice place to take a half hour break from the heat. To thoroughly experience this museum, one only needs 30 minutes at most - and that’s being generous as it’s only a single room rather than an expansive museum. With this in mind, the entrance fee of 140 EGP for foreigners feels a bit steep, though we didn’t mind. One thing that I didn’t like was the gentleman inside the museum who followed us around offering useless tips/info and didn’t take the polite cues that we wanted to be left alone. For example, I was standing at an exhibit of tools used in the mummification process, each with detailed written descriptions, and this guy came up behind me to tell me, “these are tools for making mummies” as if I couldn’t read for myself. He would also follow us around and anytime we’d start to take a photo, he’d confirm that it’s ok to take photos. News flash, guests are allowed to take photos of anything and everything in this museum, so it’s unnecessary and bothersome to constantly advise that it’s ok to take photos. We asked him if he worked in the museum and he said he did, though I suspect he didn’t actually work there and was simply angling for a tip. In any case, based on this museum only being a single room, I’m not sure why staff allowed this gentleman inside where he bothered both of us, as well as the only other guest there whose body language evidently showed that she wasn’t interested in this guy’s “help.”
Ali Rizvi - 1
This is one SMALL room, definitely not worth the price. They have 1 mummy on display of a high priest and some other interesting bits. But it's still ONE SMALL ROOM. Definitely not worth what they are charging. Something so small should be free, or part of something else. I don't know why everyone else is reviewing it so highly!?! Look at my last picture of the whole room. That's all it is.
Swati Murteli - 4
The museum is very small. Can be seen within 30 minutes. It's on the East Bank near the luxor temple. Artifacts and other things are well maintained. The items used in mummification were kept and explained here. No crowd , tickets are 100 EGP per person.
