Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst

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An obelisk at the museum.

The Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst (National collection of Egyptian art) in Munich is ste Bavarian State Collection for Ancient Egypt art. It displays exhibits from all periods of Ancient Egypt's history. The associated small Middle East section displays objects from the areas of Assyrian and Babylonian culture. As of 2008 Egyptian museum is located in the Residenz, but it will be moved to the Kunstareal in 2010.

The Bavarian state's collection was already founded in the 16th century by Duke Albrecht V. The museum is dedicated to the periods of the early, middle and late kingdoms, but also to the hellenistic, roman and coptic era of Egypt.

The museum displays Ancient Egyptian artifacts, such as statues, sculptures, cult articles, papyri, stone tablets with hieroglyphics, glasswares, jewellery, amulets but also mummies, textiles and household goods. Among the most famous exhibits are the statues of the pharaohs Amenemhat III, Ramses II, Thutmosis III and Akhenaten and the sphinx of Sesostris III and Amenhotep II.

The museum displays also the Assyrian Orthostat reliefs from the palace of king Ashur-nasir-pal II and a lion from the Ishtar Gate of Babylon which were once displayed in the Glyptothek.

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Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst (German)

	Kunstareal in Munich
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