thymamai@remembering

Μουσείο Βασιλικ ών Αμαξών στους Μεγάλους Σταύλους των Βερσαλλιών Μουσείο Βασιλικών Αμαξών στους Μεγάλους Σταύλους των Βερσαλλιών ‹ The Royal Chronicles Άρθρο στα Ελληνικά δημοσιευμένο στην ιστοσελίδα Royal chronicles

                                                                         Destination                                          The Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria Text and photos  © Iannis Kallianiotis October 2023. A  narration by an Alexandrian of his first visit of the newly opened Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, Egypt. Updated on October 2024. One of the "sleeping beauties" of the 1960's and 70's. We were still children and passing by, we marveled  upon reading "  ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΝ " ... Look ! ... its written in Greek! By that time the city's Greek community was fading away, recent archeological excavations were scarce in the city. Tzallas' and Empereur's underwater explorations were to come and reveal brilliant granitic Ptolemaic statues, mosaics and rich remains.  Only the lonely voice of the city's Poet, insisted from the deserted (since 1933) rooms of Rue Lepsius, narrating the city's Hellenistic years, those of Syria, Pentapolis, Lib