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The Omar Toussoun Collection in the Graeco-Roman Museum

, Kyriakos Savvopoulos, Robert Steven Bianchi and Yasmine Hussein Other Publications Centre des Recherches Alexandrines et Méditerranéennes

Disponible en: Anglais

This volume is dedicated to the Omar Toussoun Collection of the Graeco-Roman Museum. The collection is wide ranging and includes architectural elements, sculpture, minor arts and pottery, all of which have as their provenance the Canopic region, 20 kilometers east of Alexandria. The collection was donated by the prince in 1923, and was exhibited in Room 22, named The Prince Omar Toussoun Hall in his honor.

Omar Toussoun: Prince of Alexandria

, Sahar Hamouda Other Publications Centre des Recherches Alexandrines et Méditerranéennes

Disponible en: Anglais - Arabe

A member of the Egyptian royal family, Princen Omar Tousson acquired a legendary status as a nationalist, scholar, man of action, patron of many of Alexandria’s societies, agricultural reformer, and archeologist. This study of his life shows the Prince of Alexandria as he lives through some of the most momentous events of Egyptian history, from the bombardment of 1882 to World War II.