Turin Egyptian Museum Guided Tour

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Experience Highlights

This guided tour of the Egyptian Museum lasts around 2 hours and allows you to discover the secrets of the civilisation born on the banks of the Nile. You will enter without queuing up and admire up close the many artefacts collected over more than a century of history. It is located in the old town of Turin, a short walk from Palazzo Madama.

  • Enter the Egyptian Museum without que uing up
  • Discover the second most important collection in the world
  • Delve into the history of this ancient civilisation with an expert guide.

What’s included

  • Queue-free entry
  • Expert guide

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Step by Step

The Egyptian Museum of Turin is the second most important after the Cairo Museum. It currently houses more than 37,000 priceless artefacts and is housed in the Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze, in the heart of the Piedmontese city. A guided tour for small groups is the perfect way to delve into the culture of this civilisation and discover its secrets, without queuing. The tour lasts approximately 2 hours.

Its birth is linked to the acquisition of numerous finds belonging to Bernardino Drovetti, French consul during the occupation of Egypt by King Carlo Felice of Savoy. Among the unmissable attractions, it is impossible not to mention the following:

  • Gallery of the Kings: the place that houses the statues of the most important pharaohs, such as Tutankhamun, Ramses II or Amun, and the two spectacular sandstone sphinxes.
  • Ostracon of the dancer: a ceramic fragment depicting an acrobatic dancer. According to experts, it dates to the period between 1292 and 1076 BC.
  • Luefankh Book of the Dead: a large papyrus that served as a veritable manual for the deceased on their journey to the afterlife. It dates back to the Hellenistic era (332-30 BC).
  • Kha and Merit's grave goods: this is a collection of items that the architect Kha and his wife would use after their deaths. Its peculiarity is the perfectly preserved beds of the spouses.
  • Gebelein cloth: a painting on linen depicting scenes such as a boat procession, dancing figures and hippopotamus hunting.

The museum has 4 floors and its collection ranges from the Palaeolithic to the Coptic period. It is therefore ideal to visit with an expert guide.

Reviews

4.7
· 10 Reviews
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    S.
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    I was fascinated by the Egyptian Museum in Turin and its collection of Egyptian works. The guide taught us a lot about Egyptian history and really knew a lot about everything he was talking about. We were all able to learn a lot and it should also be noted that entering the museum without waiting outside was wonderful.
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    V.
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    Excellent!
  • L
    L.
    5
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    Very very good, earned my recommendation. If I come back to Turin I will hire this service again.
  • V
    V.
    4
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    The Egyptian Museum is great, everything is very nice. Impeccable and the exhibition is very extensive. There are works that I could see such as the Temple of Ellesiya which I had already seen documentaries about. I must also say that the guide made the tour very entertaining. I recommend it if you go to Turin.
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