Situated in the heart of modern Alexandria, the Graeco-Roman Museum contains around 40,000 artifacts, mostly covering around 1,000 years of history from the founding of the city in 331 BC to the Arab conquest in AD 640. 1 The museum was established in 1892 by Khedive Abbas II.
Its 25 rooms and central gardens are crammed with items found in Alexandria and the surrounding areas, including a large mosaic from the 3rd century BC portraying a stag hunt. The vast collection of artifacts from ancient Egyptian, Classical and Christian cultures testifies to the complex history of Alexandria.
Graeco-Roman Museum Features
Museum Gardens
In the museum’s central gardens, amongst a wealth of tombs, statues and other artifacts, sits the head of a once huge statue of Mark Anthony
Sacred Crocodile
This mummified crocodile was carried in processions honoring Sobek, the crocodile god.
Tanagra Figures
This intriguing collection of Graeco-Roman terracotta figures, found in the city’s I many necropolises, provides an insight into social life and the costume of the era.
Emperor Hadrian
This 2nd-century AD bronze head has eyes of ivory and glass. Found at Qena, it was once part of a larger sculpture.
Antique Coins
The magnificent collection of coins includes some bearing Cleopatra’s profile (above right).
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Sculpted from marble, this head of Alexander the Great is one of several portraits of the leader in the museum. He became the object of a cult worship that spread throughout the ancient world.
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