The Egyptian collection covers the period from Egyptian prehistory around 5500 BC to the Christian era in the 7th century AD.
On display are mainly everyday objects and artifacts from the belief in the afterlife. With ceramic and stone vessels, bronze votive offerings and burial objects, the collection presents an impressive spectrum of Egyptian life culture, the relics of which provide a deep insight into pharaonic Egypt.
Among the outstanding highlights are the sacrificial chamber of Seschemnefer III from Giza and the coffin of Idi from Asyut, the lid of which is fitted with a very rarely preserved star clock.
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