Museums -- Al Ahram

Solar Boat Museum

Beside the Pyramids of Giza Tel: 385-7928 Hours: Daily except Tuesday 9.00am-2.00pm Admission: L.E. 27.00 for non-Egyptians A museum featuring a 43-foot boat that is estimated to be 4,500 years old. Archaeologists believe that the boat was probably used to carry the body of Pharoah Cheops down the Nile from Memphis.

Mohammed Nagy Museum

9 Mahmoud El-Gendy Street, Hadaak Alharam
(off the Cairo-Alexandria Road) Tel: 387-3484 Hours: Daily except Monday 10.00am-5.00pm Admission: Free A collection of the work of one of Egypt's leading modern painters in his former studio.