Established in 2017, The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is the first museum in the Arab world focusing on the earliest civilization in history - the ancient Egyptian civilization. It is the only museum in Egypt that offers visitors a general overview of all the different historical periods that encompass Egypt. NMEC exhibits several objects intended to educate visitors about the Egyptian civilization across various key historical phases, starting with the Predynastic and Ancient Egyptian periods, and continuing across the Graeco-Roman, Coptic, Islamic, and contemporary modern times.