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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization · Fustat, Old Cairo

Textile Gallery

Now showingPermanent collection·E£550

Around 600 artifacts tracing Egyptian textile history from Greco-Roman tanagra dresses to Islamic Kiswa fragments and Muhammad Ali dynasty royal garments. One centrepiece is a section of the Kaaba's internal door covering (Kiswa) in place since 1941.

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