Sharm El-Sheikh Antiquity Museum is considered the first museum of Egyptian antiquities in the the city, which is famous for beach tourism. It was established to be a center of cultural and civilizational radiation and a forum for human civilizations.
The Museum comprises three exhibition halls displaying scenario broadly reflects the different aspects of human civilization and culture in general, while shedding light specifically on ancient Egyptian civilization. This is done through a selection of about 5200 historical objects that were carefully chosen from the museum warehouses in the Manial Palace, Kom Oshim, Saqqara, the Suez, Ismailia, and Greco-Roman museums in Alexandria and the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, as well as the stores of Luxor and Ashmounin in Minya and others, to be displayed inside the museum’s various halls, namely the Great Hall, the Hathor corridor, and the cemetery area, or in the outdoor display area.
The museum’s Grand Hall presents a history of humans and wildlife in ancient Egypt, and highlights ancient Egyptian civilization’s preoccupation with science, mathematics, industry, crafts, family life, and love for animals to the point of reverence.
In the Hall of Civilization are displayed the beautiful inner and outer coffins of the high priest of AmunPanedjem II, who was herself a priestess of Isis, Min, and Horus. Notable also are papyrus collection, cosmetics,and perfume vessels, plus the head of a statue of Hatshepsut, and many precise antiquities.
