Egyptian Museum
The Museo Egizio—better known in English as the Egyptian Museum—sits inside the Sforza Castle of Milan, a complex that also hosts the Pinacoteca and other major collections. Here, the Egyptian displays are placed on the underground level of the ducal courtyard, turning the castle’s fortifications into a space for antiquity. Inside, the museum is organized into seven sections: Ancient Egyptian writing, Pharaohs, Deities and cults, Everyday ancient Egyptian life, Funerary cult, Excavations conducted by Achille Vogliano, and Mummies, sarcophagi and funerary masks. In the “Mummies, sarcophagi and funerary mask” section, you can see a mummy dating from the Greco-Roman period from Thebes, along with ancient Egyptian sarcophagi. The Funerary Cult section also presents papyri from the Book of the Dead. …
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