Cairo Museum : Egypt’s Mark of Nobility

“We used to receive millions of visitors, and raise millions of dollars a year until political problems caused a drop."
 With this statement by an Egyptian guide at the Cairo museum, the importance of peace and political stability in sustainable development was highlighted.
Located in Cairo on the east bank of River Nile, the museum which contains the most extensive collection of pharonic antiquities in the world, is one of the sites no visitor to Egypt would want to miss. With its variety of objects ranging from carvings and paintings, to statutes and mummies, the museum is in fact, one of the landmarks of Egypt’s pride and cradle of civilization.
The number of tourists that stream to the museum, besides those that rush to Giza to see the pyramids, has caused observers to refer to Cairo as the sleepless capital. With a population of over 17 million, put at 20 million during the week, Cairo with its several attractions besides the museum, has become so congested that a new administrative capital is being constructed. 
While in Egypt, for their workshops and seminars, and participants visited this site for Egypt’s administr...