The Egyptian Museum of Turin is an essential stop for lovers of Egyptian history and culture, offering its visitors an extraordinary collection of finds of great importance. It is considered the second most important Egyptian museum in the world after the one in Cairo.

Founded way back in 1824 by King Carlo Felice of Savoy as the "Museum of Egyptian Antiquities" of Turin, the museum owes its exceptional collection to Bernardino Drovetti, French consul during the occupation in Egypt. Thanks to his efforts, the museum acquired over 5,000 priceless artifacts.

Subsequently, King Carlo Felice united Drovetti's collection with other collections and antiquities belonging to the House of Savoy, thus creating the first Egyptian museum in the world.

Today, the Egyptian Museum of Turin displays around 6,500 finds from ancient Egypt, while as many as 26,000 are still preserved in its warehouses. Among the most significant pieces, we find:

• The Rock Temple of Ellesija, built by Pharaoh Thutmose III and donated to Italy by Egypt in 1965. The Egyptian Museum of Turin saved it from the danger of submersion in Lake Nasser and, in Subsequently, the Italian State donated it to the museum.
• The statues of the goddesses Isis and Sekhmet and that of Ramesses II.
• TheGold Mining Papyrus, a map of the mines in the area in north-eastern Sudan, home to the ancient urban settlement of Berenice Pancrisia.
• The intact tomb of Kha and Merit, dating back to the 18th dynasty, where the architect Kha and his wife Merit were buried with their grave goods. This extraordinary discovery was the work of the Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiapparelli.
• The reliefs of Djoser, pharaoh of the third Egyptian dynasty.

Exploring the Egyptian Museum of Turin means immersing yourself in the rich history of ancient Egypt and discovering extraordinary treasures that testify to the greatness of this thousand-year-old civilization."