Get your pharaoh fix

With more than 120,000 items on display, you really need a full day, or even week, at the Egyptian Museum (egymonuments.gov.eg). It is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East showcasing the largest Pharaonic antiquities collection in the world. Set in Cairo’s El Tahrir Square, the museum is also home to some of the world’s most ancient pieces of art, as well as complete burials of Psusennes I, Thuya and the Narmer Palette, which commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.