Opened in 2003, and the Alexandria National Museum displays some of the artifacts discovered in 1800 and around Alexandria, Egypt. Many of the artifacts by not only on the screen, but hidden in the storage rooms of the other museums.
What to see
The museum is located in the National Palace restoration of Italian style (Al-Saad Bassili Pasha Palace, built 1926) with three floors.
Has been allocated the first level, with walls a dark blue color reflects the Egyptian symbolic of the afterlife, to the Pharaonic era.Before the number of statues of eminent personalities, including pictures of Menkaure (Giza Builder III) and Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) and the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. There is also a replica of the attention of the type discovered in the Valley of the Kings, complete with funerary treasures of the mummy and the original.
Mid-level artifacts from the Greco-Roman, Alexandria, where it flourished, such as statues of Greek women and the majestic statue of Serapis, bearded God. Also on this level of exploration under the water on the recent finds of Alexandria, including many of the prominent stone statues.
On the top floor presents the Coptic and Islamic treasures, which shows the rich heritage of these two religions which are still alive and well in Egypt. There are carved symbols of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and tombstones and clothes with silver and gold crosses. Among the most prominent Islamic objects 162 coins minted in Alexandria and religious supplies such as incense burners, chandeliers and pottery.
