National Museum of Alexandria, This museum was inaugurated at the end of 2003 and is located in a building in the style of an Italian palace that was restored for this purpose.
The impressive building is located on Tariq Al-Horreya Street, which used to be the Rue Fouad, and the U.S. consulate used to be there, but today it is one of the sites that offers a better view of the antiquity of the city and the country.
The National Museum of Alexandria has gained more and more importance over time and is now considered one of the best in the country.
Here you can see around 1,800 objects that tell the history of the city through the centuries with those that belonged to the Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic eras, as well as some recent ones from the nineteenth century.
On the floor dedicated to the Coptic and Islamic artifacts, you can see some icons of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the Last Supper, as well as clothes decorated with gold and silver crosses, incense burners, doors inlaid with ivory, candlesticks, decorated ceramics, jewelry, plates, and crystal glasses, watches, and rings, some of which
Most remarkable thing about this museum is that it has a restoration laboratory and a state-of-the-art security system. In addition, an audiovisual room has been adapted in the basement so that visitors can browse the contents by computer and see each piece from all angles.
On the other hand, the former garage used by the American consulate staff has been adapted as a conference room for 150 people and an open-air theatre with a capacity of 800 can be enjoyed.
For those who are true lovers of art and history, there is no reason to miss a visit to the National Museum of Alexandria, where you can see more than 1800 pieces describing the history of Egypt and the history of Alexandria in particular. It is advisable to take a complete and thorough tour of each of its rooms in order to carefully observe its large collections from the Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Arab eras.
Mustafa Kamel Cemetery (Mustafa Kamel Cemetery). The cemetery contains four tombs dating back to the 2nd century BC, all in excellent condition and beautifully decorated. The cemetery is named after Mustafa Kamel, one of Egypt’s greatest political legends of the 20th century. He is the one who famously said: If I had not been born an Egyptian, I would have liked to be an Egyptian.
The city flourished beyond all expectations and became a cultural, intellectual and economic capital. The city was the famous capital of Ptolemy and the dramatic setting for the dramas that involved Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian. You will visit the National Museum, which houses underwater photographs and statues of Cleopatra’s sunken palace, discovered 6 meters underwater in front of the Library of Alexandria. Among the precious pieces, you will discover the valuable Tanagra statues that represent the fashion of clothing during the time of Cleopatra. Afterwards, we will visit the Roman amphitheater of Kom el-Dikka, which includes 12 marble terraces forming a bicycle. In the gardens of the amphitheater, you will discover the Roman villa built by a Roman nobleman in the 2nd century AD. Excavations have revealed three rooms: the dining room, the children’s room and the living room, decorated with magnificent mosaics depicting birds.
In fact, if you are a fan of history and ancient Egyptian civilization, you should visit Egypt and spend your vacation in Alexandria, as it is the city of history and civilization, because you will discover a lot about the civilization of the ancient Egyptians and how their lives were in building temples, especially the National Museum of Alexandria, one of the largest temples.
