Alexandria Governor: We Spent LE680 M on Graeco-Roman Museum Renovation Project

Governor of Alexandria, Mohamed El-Sharif, has announced that the country spent LE680 million on the Alexandria Graeco-Roman Museum renovation project.

According to the Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), El-Sharif said: "The whole renovation process of Alexandria Graeco-Roman Museum and its area costs about EGP680 million."

He also indicated that the Egyptian government is committed to investing in different tourism development projects throughout the country, with the aim of boosting tourist numbers. 

The museum, which consists of 27 halls and an attractive garden, has been renovated by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The renovation work included completing the various engineering works, and the preparation for the museum’s display scenario.

Built in 1892, the Alexandria Graeco-Roman Museum was first housed in a five-room apartment on Rosetta Street (now Horriya), then moved to a larger building near Gamal Abdul Nasser Street.

The largest Museum of Roman and Greek Antiquities in the Mediterranean region was opened in 1895 by Khedive Abbas II. The museum edited the Bulletin of the Alexandria Archaeological Society.

The museum features valuable artifacts from Egypt's Graeco-Roman period, including a black granite sculpture of Apis, the sacred bull of the Egyptians, mummies, sarcophagi, tapestries, and other objects.