It is just as well that cameras are not permitted in the Cairo Museum. We spend the better part of the morning here but I would be here for a week if cameras were allowed. Fantastic. Our guide, Ahmed, has is favorite things to see, and we see them all but barely scratch the surface. I had known of the King Tut treasures, but seeing the thousands of items in the exhibit is remarkable. The familiar gold mask is adorned with thousands of intricate inlays when seen up close, and it is rightfully the centerpiece of the exhibit. Later I look into the face of Rameses the Great and other rulers who are preserved in the Mummy Room. He has red hair.
After lunch we walk the streets of old Islamic Cairo and try to absorb more recent history from Cairo around 1100 ad. Not too many tourists, but the richness of the busy street life catches my attention more than the architecture.
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