Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria

The tourist tour of Alexandria includes monuments and museums from the classical era of the city - the Greco-Roman Museum with a rich collection of ancient statues and coins of Alexander the Great; The ancient Roman necropolis; the unique for Egypt ancient Roman Amphitheater, built of white marble and so-called the Pompey's Pillar, built in the temple of one of the most revered deities Serapis. It is the only preserved historical monument from ancient Alexandria. 
The Greco-Roman Museum is the main museum in Alexandria, built in 1887. The rich collection covering the period from the III century BC to the seventh century, is a fascinating chronicle of a civilization in the process of change when religions merged and society developed.
This museum is considered the best collection of artifacts, abounding in excellent statues, sarcophagi, jewelry, fabrics and small objects of all kinds. The Greco-Roman Museum is a guide to the history of the city. 
Although a small museum, but with a rich collection, it tells and helps to feel what Alexandria has been like over the years, reflecting an exciting story from an exciting Egyptian period when traditions of pharaohs and gods merged with foreign-speaking Greek rulers and Romans.
The entire collection is located in separate halls, each with special significance. For those who want to witness the homage to the founder of the city is Hall 6, where there are three heads of Alexander the Great, as well as busts of the god Serapis. 
Hall 14 of the Greco-Roman Museum is dedicated to other cult figures from the history of Alexandria - the marble head of Julius Caesar and a bust of Mark Antony. It is impossible not to be given a place for Cleopatra - the mistress of both. Her face is depicted on a coin, most likely minted during her reign.
Terracotta artifacts, which contain the only modern images of the Lighthouse, can be seen in Hall 18. In the other halls are terracotta images of Alexandrian women, revealing their characteristic artistic clothing with rich drapery, hairstyles and hats. 
In the Greco-Roman Museum can be seen Kom ad-dikka or "pile of debris", which contained ancient artifacts from Alexandria, such as excavations of an ancient Panion. Considered the pride of archaeologists, proudly takes its place in the museum a wonderful preserved Roman theater, whose excavations continue to this day.