The museum was, quite easily, the highlight of our time in Cairo. We were there when it wasn't too terribly crowded, which meant that we could duck around the larger tour groups we encountered instead of having to shove our way through the jostling throngs. We were shadowed by at least three large, French groups -- one being led by a woman who should lend herself out as a human bullhorn. There were a few times I thought the statuary was going to topple and fall on her.

Since time was short due to our tour bus being late, we only had about two hours to wind our way around the place instead of three or four. This meant we would have to move really quickly to get the high points, rather than spending time appreciating each thing in turn. They say you'd have to be there for months to look at all the exhibits, but whoever says things like that must not be used to dealing with the remote-control generation. Two days -- tops.

We took lots of pictures, including what must have been half a roll apiece of King Tutankhamun's funerary goods. However, as the museum prohibits flash photography, most of the photos turned out blurry and foggy. The best photos we have are the ones of the building's outside, and one of the central hall, below.