It tells the story in full, from Moses being sent down the Nile River to Pharaoh’s palace, to his realization that he is not a prince of Egypt but a Hebrew, to his eventual parting of the Red ...

Prior to 1952, the Museum was a palace owned by Fama El-Heidar, the daughter of wealthy socialite Zeinab Fahmy and Prince Ali Heidar ... Ali's royal family that ruled Egypt from 1804 to 1953.