The primary strength of this catalogue lies in its scope. The museum houses over 120,000 items, and while no single book can cover them all, the Official Catalogue does a masterful job of curating the highlights.

: Hosts various versions, including a 268-page PDF of the 1988 edition.

: A digital copy of the 1988 catalogue is available for online reading or download at Scribd .

The catalogue serves as a chronological roadmap through ancient Egyptian history, from the Predynastic Period (c. 5500 BC) to the Greco-Roman Era. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo : official catalogue

For the purpose of this article, we focus on the most requested digital versions of these highlight catalogues and public domain reference texts.