Graeco-Roman Museum
Entrance ticket costs EGP 16 (EGP 8 for student), it has huge collection of valuable relics dating from as early as 3rd century BC.
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Carved head of Alexander the Great. What else to look out for at the city built by Alexander the Great?
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Giant Apis bull found at the Serapeum
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Statue of Falcon which was the sign of the Roman Empire
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There are a lot of mummies in Egypt, not just the royal mummies in Cairo museum. Here is Mummy of a Roman soldier.
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Gilded mummy of a man from roman period, found at Siwa (Marsa-Matrouh) decorated with local gods of the site: the two bulls the Menopis and Serapis, around the head a wearth of grapes.
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Even animal had been mummified, for example this crocodile mummy, which would have been carried in processions devoted to Sobek.
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Statue of the Roman Emperor Marcus Orilius, depicting him standing clad in military imperial attire and glancing distractedly. Inexplicably a cross carved on the white marble statue. Found under the present site of Sayed Darwish theatre.
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Mosaic depicts a huge sceen of group of men crowd to watch a dancer , also there is scene of the Nile Source and fishing .
Ok ok, before you getting bored, I better stop here. For those who really interested about the collection there, Graeco-Roman Museum website has a lot of information.
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This is the Graeco-Roman Museum front view.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-1361.jpg)
Carved head of Alexander the Great. What else to look out for at the city built by Alexander the Great?
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-1311.jpg)
Giant Apis bull found at the Serapeum
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-182.jpg)
Statue of Falcon which was the sign of the Roman Empire
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-147.jpg)
There are a lot of mummies in Egypt, not just the royal mummies in Cairo museum. Here is Mummy of a Roman soldier.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-1421.jpg)
Gilded mummy of a man from roman period, found at Siwa (Marsa-Matrouh) decorated with local gods of the site: the two bulls the Menopis and Serapis, around the head a wearth of grapes.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-1551.jpg)
Even animal had been mummified, for example this crocodile mummy, which would have been carried in processions devoted to Sobek.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-172.jpg)
Statue of the Roman Emperor Marcus Orilius, depicting him standing clad in military imperial attire and glancing distractedly. Inexplicably a cross carved on the white marble statue. Found under the present site of Sayed Darwish theatre.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-192.jpg)
Mosaic depicts a huge sceen of group of men crowd to watch a dancer , also there is scene of the Nile Source and fishing .
Ok ok, before you getting bored, I better stop here. For those who really interested about the collection there, Graeco-Roman Museum website has a lot of information.
![](http://photos1.blogger.com/img/175/2346/320/photo-237.jpg)
This is the Graeco-Roman Museum front view.
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