The National Museum Of Alexandria

The National Museum Of Alexandria

The museum is located in Horeya Street . Building housing the museum was the residence of a former wood trading business man who built his house which was built on an area of 3480 meters in the style of Italian. The palace was a favoriteplace for many people at a high level in the 30S and 40s of last century.

He lived in this house till 1953 and then sold to the U.S. Embassy for 53thousand pounds. Even the Supreme Council of Antiquities bought for 13 million pounds in 1996 and then was transferred to the Museum at the beginning of the third millennium.

The National Museum Of Alexandria

It was the first museum opened to the public in 2002/ September and the museum contain over 1800 items from severaleras: the Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, which flourished a lot in Egypt especially in Alexandria, Romanian, Byzantine, and also Islamic time.

On the first floor of the museum contains items Pharaonic including many of the various statues of ancient Egyptian rulers and deities and pictures of a very interesting Menkaure, Ikhnaton, and Hatshepsut

There are also some repetitions of the graves that were uncovered in the Valley of the Kings. These include the graves Canoptic jars and many other items of interest.

The National Museum Of Alexandria

About the middle of the floor museum contains antiquities belong to the Roman era, which includes statues of Greek females, Greek, stunning statue of the god Serapis, a granite statue of Caracalla. There are also some scientific studies conducted in the Romanian Greek on the human body.

The last floor of the museum displays the items that belong to the Coptic and Islamic civilizations which reflect how prosperous were these two periods. The collection includes 162 Islamic coins, candle holders, and many other stuff

The 3^rd floor displays some items that belong to the Coptic and Islamic civilizations that reflect the extent of these two periods. The group includes162 Islamic coins, candle holders, and many other things.

The Coptic part contains many items of the daily life that made of bronze, copper and silver. There are also some amazing icons that representing the religious scenes of Christian and the last super. This, and This is beside a lot of products and cotton textiles with a great plan and animal jewelry

Among the most important items from this Museum, there is a very famous

statue belong to the ancient Egyptian, and some of the pots found on the pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara

Among the most important items from the National Museum in Alexandria, and there is a statue by the famous ancient Egyptian, and some of the pots found on the pyramid ofDjoser at Saqqara

After that, there is a section for Muhammad Ali's family, which includes a lot of jewelry that made of silver and gold that belonged to the royal family.

The most interesting in the National Museum of Alexandria is the section that shows the effects that have been found under the sea in Alexandria. The museum also displays live images of how to pull these items from the sea. This section includes a bronze statue of the Black Isis, and some of the paintings and statues of Greek gods, which includes a statue of the attention of the President of the Alexander the Great and the last of Venus, the goddess of love.

The museum gives a comprehensive explanation total not only in history but the history of Alexandrian Egypt. Visit the National Museum of Alexandria is a must for anyone interested in Egyptian antiquities and history