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The
National
Museum
of
Alexandria
was
originally
a
mansion
of
one
of
the
wealthy
of
Alexandria,
a
timber
merchant
Assaad
Bassili,
who
built
this
palace
in
the
Italian
style
and
remained
in
it
until
1954
AD
and
then
sold
it
to
the
American
Embassy
for
an
amount
of
53
thousand
pounds,
which
it
used
as
a
consulate
in
Alexandria
and
this
palace
remained
the
headquarters
of
the
American
consulate
In
Alexandria
until
the
Supreme
Council
of
Antiquities
bought
it
in
1996
AD
and
was
at
that
time
a
subsidiary
of
the
Ministry
of
Culture
before
the
creation
of
the
Ministry
of
Antiquities
in
2011
in
the
amount
of
12
million
Egyptian
pounds,
which
he
restored,
renovated
and
transformed
into
a
national
museum
for
the
ancient
city
that
was
started
to
build
in
332
BC,
on
the
hands
of
Alexander
the
Great
and
his
successors
from
The
Ptolemies,
at
the
beginning
of
the
third
millennium,
was
inaugurated
during
the
era
of
former
President
Hosni
Mubarak
on
September
1,
2003.
The
National
Museum
of
Alexandria
contains
1,800
artifacts
that
include
all
the
ages
from
the
era
of
the
ancient
Pharaonic
state
to
the
modern
era.
These
pieces
depict
Egypt's
civilization,
culture,
arts
and
industries
during
different
eras,
as
well
as
showing
the
unity
of
Egyptian
history
and
personality
through
the
exhibits
that
show
all
the
stages
that
passed
through
the
history
of
Egypt
From
national
historical
events
and
persons
that
made
these
events,
and
that
was
represented
first
in
the
Egyptian
Pharaonic
background
as
the
oldest
Egyptian
civilizations,
then
came
the
Ptolemaic
era
and
the
Roman,
Byzantine
and
Islamic
era,
and
at
the
end
came
the
era
of
the
modern
era
that
begins
with
the
era
of
the
rule
of
the
family
of
Muhammad
Ali
Pasha
and
ends
with
the
revolution
of
July
23,
1952
AD.
Many
artifacts
have
been
brought
to
display
in
this
museum
from
several
museums,
including
the
Egyptian
Museum,
the
Museum
of
Islamic
Art,
the
Coptic
Art
Museum
in
Cairo,
the
Greco-Roman
Museum,
the
Museum
of
Flooded
Antiquities
and
the
Museum
of
Islamic
Antiquities
in
Alexandria
and
a
visitor
to
this
museum
can
enter
through
history
from
the
Pharaohs
Gate
and
passing
through
the
rest
of
the
various
museum
sections
And
up
to
the
recent
past,
at
the
beginning,
we
find
the
first
sections
of
the
museum
that
take
us
to
the
memories
of
the
distant
time.
It
is
the
ancient
Egyptian
antiquities
section,
in
which
the
pieces
are
displayed
according
to
the
historical
sequence,
starting
from
the
era
of
the
ancient
Pharaonic
state
and
passing
through
the
central
Pharaonic
state,
then
the
modern
Pharaonic
era,
and
the
late
Pharaonic
era,
which
includes
the
state’s
era.
The
ancient
statues
are
a
group
of
statues
of
the
kings
of
this
family,
senior
statesmen,
and
statues
of
individuals
who
were
serving
them,
which
were
an
important
element
in
the
graves
to
serve
the
deceased
in
the
other
world
according
to
their
beliefs
at
that
time.
Among
the
most
important
pieces
in
this
section
is
a
statue
representing
the
Egyptian
writer
and
a
group
of
pots
found
in
the
pyramid
of
King
Djoser
Listed
in
Saqqara
area,
Giza
Governorate.
Then
we
move
on
to
the
section
of
the
era
of
the
Middle
Pharaonic
State,
where
there
are
a
group
of
statues
that
express
the
transformation
of
art
in
this
era
from
idealism
to
realism,
as
is
clearly
shown
in
the
statue
of
King
Amenemhat
the
Third.
As
for
the
era
of
the
modern
state,
it
is
considered
the
best
of
the
artistic
ages.
Art
collection
in
this
period
between
Realism
is
a
good
and
ideal
school
for
the
school
of
Memphis,
as
a
result
of
this
mating
the
most
beautiful
pieces
of
art,
which
includes
the
museum
some
rare
pieces
such
as
the
head
of
Queen
Hatshepsut
and
the
head
of
King
Akhenaten
and
a
group
of
statues
of
King
Tuthmosis
the
Third
and
King
Ramses
II
and
the
god
Amon
and
from
the
late
era
of
the
ancient
Egyptians
the
museum
displays
a
set
of
statues
for
the
kings
of
this
The
age
and
model
of
a
cemetery
that
includes
a
mummy,
a
set
of
coffins
and
various
amulets.
After
that
comes
the
Greco-Roman
section,
which
includes
traces
from
different
eras,
the
Ptole
