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Location Piazza Castello 3, 20121, Milan, Italy Website web.archive.org/web/20120626175202/http://www.milanocastello.it:80/ing/home.html Address Sforzesco Castle, Castello Sforzesco, Piazza Castello, 3, 20121 Milano, Italy Hours Closed now Tuesday9AM–5:30PMWednesday9AM–5:30PMThursday9AM–5:30PMFriday9AM–5:30PMSaturday9AM–5:30PMSunday9AM–5:30PMMondayClosed Similar Sforza Castle, Museo d'Arte Antica, Archaeological Museum, Civic Aquarium of Milan, San Maurizio al Monaster | ||
The Museo Egizio is a museum sited in the Sforza Castle of Milan, Italy. The Sforzesco Castle is one of the most famous monuments in Milan and is home to several museums including the Egyptian Section of the Milan Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Ancient Art, the Pinacoteca and the Museum of Musical Instruments.
The Egyptian Museum, situated in the underground level of the ducal courtyard, is divided into seven different sections:
A mummy dating from the Greco-Roman period, from Thebes, and Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi are exposed in the mummies, sarcophagi and funerary mask section, while some papyri of the Book of the Dead are exposed in the Funerary Cult section.
References
Egyptian Museum (Milan) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA