Best Photos of the Day

Tourists view the Enthroned Khafre (Chephren) funerary statue of the Fourth dynasty (2613-2494 BC) Ancient Egyptian pharaoh and builder of the second of the Giza Pyramids, on display at the Old Kingdom gallery in the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

An employee walks past an Ancient Egyptian Late period (525-332 BC) stone sarcophagus in the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

Tourists view the solid gold sarcophagus of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1342-1325 BC), at the pharaoh's dedicated gallery in the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

This picture taken on October 27, 2021 shows a view of the obverse side of the Narmer Palette, one of the oldest Egyptian archeological finds dating from the First dynasty period (31st century BC), with this side thought by some to depict Egypt's first ruler Narmer hitting an enemy with a club during the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, as the artefact is on display at the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

A tourist couple embrace at the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

A man uses a phone to take a picture of a young girl standing before the statue of "Horus protects Ramses II as a child", dating to the reign of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom pharaoh (1303-1213 BC), at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

Police and security patrol with a K9 dog along statues on display at the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

Tourists view a large Ancient Egyptian Late period (525-332 BC) stone sarcophagus on display at the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

Tourists gather around the Narmer Palette, one of the oldest Egyptian archeological finds dating from the First dynasty period (31st century BC), thought by some to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the king Narmer, on display at the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo on October 27, 2021. Amir MAKAR / AFP.

This picture taken on October 27, 2021 shows a view of the bust of French scholar and philologist Jean-François Champollion, known for his decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, and behind a replica of the Rosetta Stone which was instrumental in the decipherment, on display at the entrance of the Egyptian Museum in the centre of Egypt's capital Cairo. Amir MAKAR / AFP.