A golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO (Reuters) - Cairo's coral-coloured Egyptian Museum, home to the Gold Mask of Tutankhamun and the world's largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities, marked its 113th birthday this week, but the anniversary was overshadowed by the country's economic woes.
Tourism, a mainstay of the economy, has been hit hard since the 2011 revolution that overthrew veteran ruler Hosni Mubarak, with many of Egypt's renowned historical sites, from the pyramids at Giza to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, suffering a decline in foreign visitors.
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