Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria
Alexandria · Egypt · Founded 1892
Alexandria's principal antiquities museum, devoted to the Hellenistic and Roman city.
About Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria
Founded in 1892 with finds from the city's classical-era excavations, the museum closed in 2005 for major refurbishment and reopened in 2023 with rebuilt galleries.
Its 40,000 artefacts illuminate Alexandria from its founding by Alexander the Great through to the Byzantine era.
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