The Coptic Museum — Attraction in Cairo

The Coptic Museum, founded by the late Mark Thick (Pasha), was founded in 1910 to fill a gap in the records of Egyptian art and help study the history of Christianity in Egypt. In 1893, Marcus Pasha Samika demanded that the collection of the Coptic Antiquities be included in the interests of the Committee for the Preservation of Antiquities and Arts. This man struggled for so long that he could erect the current building of the museum, which opened in 1910 and was appointed the first director of this museum. The first museum guide was published in 1930. A thick disco built the museum in 1910 to collect the material necessary to study the history of Christianity in Egypt, he succeeded in this project. There were various museums at that time in Egypt: the Cairo Museum of the Ancient Pharaohs, the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria and the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. The museum was built on the land of the Coptic Church, which he willingly presented at the disposal of his founder, His Holiness the Honorable Kyrillos V 4 The Coptic Museum was developed with its old and new wings and the Hanging Church, and then opened in 1984. This museum is located in ancient Egypt within the borders of the Babylon Fortress, whose remains are located behind the museum building, and construction began during the Persians, but many additions occurred to it during the reign of the Roman Empire, Augustus and Trajan, then added to him who came after them from the Roman Emperors, in the Coptic Cairo area called Ancient Egypt . This museum is the largest museum in the world for the antiquities of Egypt from the Coptic phase and it includes the following sections: Department of Stones and Plaster, Department of Evolution of Coptic Writing and Manuscripts, Department of Fabrics and Textiles, Section of Ivory and Icons, Department of Woods, Department of Minerals, Department of Pottery and Glass. The number of holdings in the Coptic Museum is about 16,000, and the museum's holdings are arranged according to their types, into twelve sections. They presented a scientific presentation that took into account the chronological arrangement as possible. The Coptic Museum remained affiliated with the Coptic Patriarchate until 1931 and then it belonged to the Ministry of Culture. The average daily number of visitors ranges from 200 to 250 individuals of different nationalities. The museum's old wing houses a collection of wooden furniture and inlaid doors. It is worth noting that it includes the door made of sycamore wood, bearing the icons of the Saint Barbara Church. The panels are recognizable as they were installed in the Fatimid period during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The group resides in the new wing that shows various types, styles and themes, such as engineering designs, acanthus scrolls and grape leaves, friezes decorated with rabbits, peacocks, birds, and rural activities, passing through the Hellenistic and Coptic heritage to Islamic art formulas in Egypt. The number of holdings in the Coptic Museum is about 16,000, and the museum's holdings are arranged according to their types, into twelve sections. A limestone tombstone showing the overlap between the signs of the cross and the ankh (end of the 4th century AD). A piece of fabric bearing some Christian symbols (6th century AD). Engraving on a comb of ivory showing some miracles of Jesus (7th century AD). Grapes of grapes (7th century AD). A bronze lamp lamp with a crescent and cross handle (13th century AD) The museum's old wing houses a collection of wooden furniture and inlaid doors. It is worth noting that it includes the door made of sycamore wood, bearing the icons of the Saint Barbara Church. The panels are recognizable as they were installed in the Fatimid period during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The group resides in the new wing that shows various types, styles and themes, such as engineering designs, acanthus scrolls and grape leaves, friezes decorated with...

This museum is located in ancient Egypt within the boundaries of the Babylon Fortress, whose remains are located behind the museum building; Its construction began during the days of the Persians, but many additions occurred during the reign of the Roman emperors Augustus and Trajan, and then the Roman emperors who came after them added to it. The French scientist (Maspero) played an important role in the establishment of the museum, as he worked to collect works of Coptic art and allocate a hall for them in the Egyptian Museum. After that, Marcus Pasha Semeika demanded in 1893 AD that the collection of Coptic antiquities be included in the interests of the Committee for the Preservation of Antiquities and Arts. This man struggled for a long time until he was able to build the current building for the museum, which opened in 1910, and he was appointed its first director. The first museum guide was...

It's like travelling to Greece in no time. After stepping in the museum's courtyard, you can forget that you're in Cairo. The oldest exhibits are about the pre Christian Greek civilization, there are many frescoes about people harvesting grapes, producing wine and about Dionysus, Aphrodite, about Zeus and Europe. The newer exhibits are artifacts collected from various Coptic churches around Cairo and they are like a time capsule. There are religious icons of various saints, some of them specific to Coptic Christianity, like Saint Apollo or Saint Bachus. The building that host the museum is a masterpiece itself, displaying an amazing mixture of Arab and Byzantine architecture. The patio makes the visitors feel like they are visiting the South of Spain. I was really impressed about the woodcraft created to protect the windows from sunlight. A great...