Shot of the lounge bar. [Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

The Egyptian Museum was founded by Auguste Mariette, a Frenchman. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

The hotel is 20 storeys high and has some 1200 rooms. [Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

The hotel was fashioned after Spain's Alhambra.[Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

The hotel was originally built as a palace. [Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

The museum has two floors, with the rooms numbered in an uncomprehensible manner. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

The palace was one of the extravagant projects for the Suez opening. [Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

The price of its collection are the artifacts from Tutankhamum's tomb. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

The Sphinx guarding the entrance to the Cairo Museum [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

The Sphinx guarding the entrance to the Cairo Museum [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

There are more than 120,000 items on display and just as many more stored in the basement. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

This present purpose-built building became its its home in 1902. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]>

To have a good viewing of all the exhibits, one would need to spend a couple of days here. [Egyptian Museum - Cairo - Egypt]

View of the Nile from our hotel room. [Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]

[Marriott Hotel - Cairo - Egypt]