A very tall statue of the mother of Ramses looks over another room in the Egyptian museum.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

They had been brought from Egypt. The first room in the Egyptian museum welcomes visitors to the world of the pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

For example, Pope Gregory the Sixteenth established the Vatican Egyptian Museum in eighteen thirty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

The Egyptian Museum, which opened in downtown Cairo in 1902, has long had too little exhibition space.

BBC: Egypt seeks museum design

The report also presents evidence that protesters from Tahrir Square were detained by the army and tortured inside the nearby Egyptian Museum, before being moved to military prisons.

BBC: Egypt army denies torturing protesters

There is also evidence presented that protesters from Tahrir Square were detained by the army and tortured inside the nearby Egyptian Museum, before being moved to military prisons.

BBC: Egypt army 'tortured and killed during 2011 revolution'