Travel: The Cairo Museum

The Economic Times of India (Anita Limaye)

The two-storeyed Egyptian Museum has over 120,000 pieces, dating back thousands of years, which stand testimony to the grandeur of Egypt’s history. There was a large crowd when we stepped in on a late and rather sultry afternoon. To our amazement the museum was not air-conditioned and the huge gathering only made the place even more suffocating.

I would have thought that such a world-renowned institution could have provided a more congenial atmosphere for the millions of awestruck tourists who flock there. We later learnt from our guide that only the room which has the personal belongings of King Tutankhamun was air-conditioned — and because of this it was even more crowded!