We need to turn-on our dream generators and go on an adventure. We will inherently travel again, it is apart of our makeup. These lockdowns will be over eventually. On this adventure, we will take you to the city of Hurghada, Egypt.
Hurghada is a beautiful city located on the Red Sea coast; it’s known for its watersports, cool activities, soft sands, amused nightlife, and warm weather. Many tourists head to Hurghada for a vacation, especially during the winter season in Egypt.
The new Pharaoh exhibition at the Hurghada Museum is completely designed to meet world-class museum standards. It features a mixture of the artistic and the prosperity sides of the Egyptian civilization throughout thousands of years; around 1000 pieces of the artifacts are to be displayed in the museum to attract more tourists to visit Hurghada.
The Hurghada Museum will also offer some ancient sports activities, including river fishing and hunting, as well as music and dance events; scenes from old dances and musical performances from the Pharaonic era to modern times are on show. Performance models showing how it was made and how ancient Egyptians decorated their tombs are exhibited.
The museum is located in the southern part of Hurghada; a few minutes away from the Tourists’ Promenade and Hurghada International Airport. There are five main exhibits:
The Pharaonic Cemetery: The main hall of the Hurghada Museum contains a pharaonic cemetery designed to simulate the mountainous nature of the tombs.
Greeco Roman: The period of Greek history in Egypt when Ancient Greece was dominated by the Roman Republic (509 – 27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC-AD 395).
Islamic Era shows the Islamic Age with its cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of Islam, dated from the 8th century to the 14th.
Coptic Era shows that informal designation for Late Roman Egypt and Byzantine Egypt. This era was defined by the religious shifts in Egyptian culture to Coptic Christianity from ancient Egyptian religion.
Modern Egypt Era shows the Modern Egypt Era dates from the emergence of Muhammad Ali’s rule in the early 19th century and his launching of Egypt’s modernization project.
Hurghada Museum also offers many world-class facilities including, shopping area, Egyptian Folkore, restaurants, cafes, kids’ area, and photo studio.
The Museum comes to light over 10 years since it was announced — and is set to be the first of its kind near the Red Sea. It was among several projects that were put on hold due to the revolution.
Hurghada Museum is one of the most prominent projects implemented by the Ministry of Antiquities in partnership with the private sector in Egypt, which provided the museum’s building. That makes it the first museum to be opened in partnership with the private sector! The Ministry of Antiquities will be the only entity managing and supervising the museum.
Tickets are set to be 200 EGP for tourists and 100 EGP for students.