The Egyptian Museum in Berlin in German Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, a museum in the German city of Berlin that contains the most important archaeological collections in the world about ancient Egypt. The museum began with a collection of belongings of the Prussian kings. King Alexander von Humboldt was the one who ordered the creation of the section for Egyptian antiquities, and the first artifact brought to the Egyptian Museum in Berlin was in 1828 during the reign of King Frederick William III. The most famous Egyptian artifact in the museum is a bust of Queen Nefertiti. The collection was moved from the city of Carltonburg to the Altes Museum in 2005.The museum originated in the 18th century from the royal art collection of the Hohenzollern kings of Prussia. Alexander von Humboldt recommended the creation of an Egyptian department, and the first objects were brought to Berlin in 1828 under King Frederick William III of Prussia. Initially housed in the Palais de Monbijou, the department was headed by the Trieste merchant Giuseppe Passalacqua (1797–1865), whose extensive collections formed the basis. A Prussian expedition to Egypt and Nubia under Karl Richard Lepsius in 1842–45 brought additional objects to Berlin.

The Egyptian Museum in Berlin
The Egyptian Museum is located in Berlin, Germany, and is also known as the German Egyptological Museum. It is considered one of the most distinguished museums in the world, the most important of which are artifacts and texts from ancient Egypt. The museum began operating in the eighteenth century, which was established to be part of the Prussian Royal Art Collection, but the museum was severely damaged during World War II, and was divided into two sections, between East Berlin and West Berlin, but after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the museum was reunited.

Division of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin

The artifacts in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin are divided according to the themes they reflect, such as daily life and theology, or based on types, such as sculpture. The museum was rebuilt at a cost of 295 million euros, and the museum contains three floors; each floor covers an area of ​​3,600 square meters. Each part of the museum displays important works of art from various historical eras, including Greek and Roman artworks and statues and many Byzantine antiquities.

The holdings of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin
The most important exhibits in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin are:

The museum contains more than 45 thousand artifacts and 60 thousand texts.
The museum includes a large collection of mummies, coffins, inscriptions, statues, hieroglyphs and huge architectural elements.
The museum contains the most famous Egyptian statue in the world, the bust of Queen Nefertiti.
It also contains a large dedicated courtyard displaying the bust of Nefertiti.
It contains a huge number of artifacts dating back to the reign of Nefertiti.
The museum includes a papyrus collection that contains writings spanning four thousand years.
It contains a library of the ancient world written in the ancient Egyptian language.
It includes a collection of papyrus containing ancient Greek and Roman writings.
The museum also contains copies of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur’an.
The museum contains a picture of T.
The museum contains the Berlin Green Head.
It contains a large collection of paintings and inscriptions describing ancient Egyptian daily life.
It contains a large number of decorated coffins.
It contains a large number of ancient worship tools.

The most important museums that display Egyptian antiquities

Among the most important museums in the world that display Egyptian artifacts and antiquities are:
The New Museum of Berlin in Germany, which contains approximately 80,000 Egyptian artifacts.
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Britain, which contains approximately 80,000 Egyptian artifacts.
In addition to the Egyptian antiquities in the Louvre Museum in Paris, which contains approximately 50,000 Egyptian artifacts.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, which contains approximately 45,000 Egyptian artifacts.
The Casely Museum of Archaeology in Michigan, USA, which contains approximately 45,000 Egyptian artifacts.