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The Greco-Roman Museum Collection at the BA Antiquities Museum

Alexandria— An enormous collection of rare antiquities from the Greco-Roman Museum reached the BA Antiquities Museum, including rare marble statues discovered in 1936 in Sidi Beshr temple, a statue surmounted with a table, and two statues for Goddess Osiris.

Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary General, the Supreme Council for Antiquities, approved the display of the Greco-Roman collection at the BA Antiquities Museum until the completion of the restoration works at the Greco-Roman Museum.

Mrs. Mona Serry, Director of the BA Antiquities Museum, stated that hundreds of Egyptians and foreigners visit the BA Antiquities Museum daily since its inauguration in 2003. The Museum's collection documents various epochs of Egyptian civilization dating from the Pharaonic era up to the Islamic period, including the Greek civilization that came to Egypt with the conquest of Alexander the Great. It was followed by the Roman and Coptic civilizations before Islam established itself in Egypt. The collection displays about 1079 pieces collected from various museums and areas in Egypt including the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, the Egyptian, Coptic, and Islamic Museums in Cairo, and from El-Fayoum, Menya, and Luxor governorates. The most distinguished pieces in the collection are those found in the site of the Library during the excavation works, and the underwater antiquities found in the Eastern Harbor.