And although it costs an additional 100 Egyptian pounds (or $11) to enter, the Mummy Room should be high on your list of museum must-sees. Though the Egyptian Museum's fees are a bit steep ...

From December until 7 January, visitors to the Egyptian Museum ... visitors to the museum, which houses countless treasures from Ancient Egypt, including Tutankhamun's mummy and death mask.

Monday morning I went to the mummy room in Cairo's cavernous Egyptian Museum to have a look for myself. They looked pretty rough, more than 3,000 years after their prime, and not being an expert I ...