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Description The Greco-Roman Museum houses many collections of rare Greek and Roman relics and coins – about 40,000 pieces, from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD. The most important being the “Tanafra” statues. There is also a magnificent black granite sculpture of Apis, the sacred bull worshipped by Egyptians. There is also an assortment of mummies, sarcophagi, pottery, jewellery and ancient tapestries. Alexandria, Egypt
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Source Egypt-14A-048
Author Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada
Camera location 31° 12′ 58.77″ N, 29° 57′ 05.32″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) at https://www.flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/2216750869 . It was reviewed on 9 November 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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