Museum · Egypt
Marsa Matrouh Museum
A two-floor antiquities museum inside Marsa Matrouh's Misr Public Library, covering the city's history as Egypt's western gateway.
Where it is
31.3554, 27.2377
Why go
Set up by the antiquities ministry with the governorate inside the Misr Public Library, this small two-floor museum presents the history of Marsa Matrouh, known in Roman times as Paraetonium and Amunia. Displays draw on local excavations to show how pharaonic rulers secured the western desert frontier with forts, alongside desert goddesses, the town's fishing and trade, its links with neighbouring regions and its contributions to science and philosophy.
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