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Egyptian Museum: Exterior · Main facade of Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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Museum · Historic precedent

Egyptian Museum

Marcel Dourgnon · Cairo, Egypt · 1902

Key featuresNeoclassical facade; halls arranged in chronological sequence, statues on the ground floor, funerary items above.

Architect
Marcel Dourgnon
Place
Cairo, Egypt
Year
1902
Typology
Museum
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Middle East
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