Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum
Political information
Description	Cairo's biggest museum.
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Date constructed	1858 (as the Boulaq Museum) 1902 (as the Egyptian Museum of Cairo)

The Egyptian Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt known for its extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities.

History

Ottoman era

In 1858, French archaeologist Auguste Mariette, then head of the Antiquities Service, requested a museum be built in order to keep excavated artifacts in Egypt. The Boulaq Museum would function from 1858 until 1902 when its collections were transferred to the recently built Egyptian Museum.

Sigma Team cornering William Miles at the Egyptian Museum.

Modern era

By 2012, the museum was housing one of the power sources for the Grand Temple. On 9 December, William Miles, the leader of the Assassin Order, located the power source and attempted to retrieve it. Two days later, William was captured by the Templar paramilitary task force Sigma Team after they trapped him in the museum. By 14 December, he was later extracted from there and transported to the Abstergo facility in Rome.

Behind the scenes

The Egyptian Museum is never mentioned by name in Assassin's Creed III, being only referred to as "a museum in Cairo". It is also neither named in Assassin's Creed: Initiates nor Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, though both contain entries featuring an image of it in addition to an overhead satellite map. In the Desmond Files entry "William's Search" the exact coordinates of the museum are shown in the picture.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed III (first mentioned) (indirect mention)
• Assassin's Creed: Initiates (photo only)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (photo only)
• Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt (mentioned only)