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The Gregorian Egyptian Museum is part of the Vatican Museums. It was founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839, the museum houses a vast collection of artifacts from ancient Egypt. The exhibits include papyrus, mummies, hieroglyphic inscriptions, the famous Book of the Dead and the Grassi Collection.
Most of the material provenance from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and is willing to 9 rooms, of which the last two contain works of ancient Mesopotamia and Assyria.
Room I - There are collections of objects and monuments (stelae, statues, other) with inscriptions dating back to the Old Kingdom era Christian.
Room II - and exhibits items of funerary cult of ancient Egypt.
Sala III - There is a reconstruction of the decoration of the Villa Adriana in Tivoli Serapeum.
Sala IV - The room contains copies of statues and carvings in imitation of the original Egyptians, but sculpted in Italy in the Roman imperial period to decorate temples and sacred places in and around Rome.
Monumental statues of pharaohs and Egyptian deities (Room V)
Room V (Chamber) - Exhibition of Egyptian statues found in and around Rome. On the terrace are exposed Hemicycle statues and sarcophagi.
Room VI - On display are collections of Egyptian bronzes dating from the X-IV century BC, belonged to Charles Grassi and donated to Pope Pius XII by Nedda Grassi.
Room VII - is dedicated to Alexandria and Palmyra in Syria, with objects dating from the Hellenistic-Roman period (fourth century BC - second century AD).
Sala VIII - The room is dedicated to artifacts (pottery, weapons, flint blades, personal items) from Mesopotamia and Syria-Palestine pre-classical (III-I millennium BC).
Room IX - is divided into four sections, each devoted to the relief that decorated the palace of an Assyrian sovranno.
