Alexandria National Museum

Alexandria , Egypt

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    Helter Skelter

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    ... trip.  Helter Skelter. We eventually go to see the catacombs (no photos allowed), Pompey’s Pillar, and the Alexandria National Museum.  The Roman catacombs date back to the 2nd century A.D. and were discovered accidentally in 1900 when a ...

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    Alexandria - a day by the sea

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    ... 30 degrees and large fluffy clouds.  It was good to see and be near the sea.     In Alexandria we stopped at the National Museum and met our guide for the day.  The museum was the old American Embassy and had 3 levels.  ...

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    Alexandria

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    ... was a Roman Forum. And as always, the poor we have with us everywhere. Next a quick visit to the Alexandria National Museum which chronicles the three major periods of Egyptian History, Pharaonic, Greco-Roman and Coptic and Islamic times, including ...

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    End of First Week

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    ... , we toured Alexandria for 9 hours via tourbus. We saw ancient Egyptian catacombs, Pompey's Pillar, a Roman Ampitheatre, the Alexandria National Museum, the "Muteza" Gardens and Palace, the Citadel, and finally the Library. In the library there were also ...

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    Alexandria tour

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    ... the night life is great. Sitting at the coffee shop and watching people go by! This morning we visited the national museum in Alexandria. There are three floors in the museum each dedicated to Roman/Greek, Coptic/Islamic and Pharaonic periods. It is ...

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    Alexandria

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    ... two hours looking for it, we discovered that it has been closed for renovations for two years. We reluctantly went to the Alexandria National Museum and were pleasantly surprised at how nice of a museum it was. As opposed to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, ...

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    Getting into the swing...

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    ... fast that I never had a chance. In one day I was driven from Cairo & then toured the roman ruins, Alexandria National Museum, new Alexandria Library, & the Alexandria catacombs. By nighttime I was pretty burned out so I decided to take a walk through ...

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    Counting Down the Hours Left in Egypt

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    ... finally splitting off for some independent time this afternoon. We started this morning off with  some time at the Alexandria National Museum. There were a few interesting pieces there including a lot of stuff that was discovered underwater in the old ...

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    Alexandria in a day

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    ... existing since 1996), with the other data centre existing in San Francisco. We were going to look at the Roman theatre and the Alexandria National Museum, but it was late, we were tired, and most of all cultured out.  Back to the hotel to eat/drink ...

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    Alex - it's like Cairo-lite

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    ... in a library if you are just a tourist. Mostly I enjoyed the air con in the huge reading hall. We also checked out the National Museum, which was, frankly, more of the same stuff as in the one in Cairo, although presented better and with better air con. ...