Museum · Egypt
Alexandria National Museum
A former palace housing collections that trace Alexandria and Egypt through successive historical periods.
Where it is
31.2010, 29.9133
Why go
The museum occupies Asaad Basili Pasha’s Italianate residence. Its holdings include objects recovered from underwater archaeology in Abu Qir Bay, alongside coins, crafts and material from later Egyptian history. It offers a broader chronological visit than the city’s specifically Graeco-Roman museum.
Near Alexandria National Museum
Museum
Graeco-Roman Museum
Alexandria’s museum devoted to Egypt during the Greek and Roman periods.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Royal Jewelry Museum
A former palace in Alexandria displaying possessions of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.
6 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Giza Pyramids and Sphinx
The Giza plateau brings together the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure and the Great Sphinx.
179 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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Egyptian Museum, Tahrir
Cairo’s historic museum of ancient Egyptian antiquities, housed in its purpose-built Tahrir building.
180 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ