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Ismailia Sights

Ismailia Museum

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  • Address
    • Mohammed Ali Quay
  • Phone
    • 064 391 2749
  • Price
    • adult/child E£6/3
  • Hours
    • 8am-4pm, closed for Fri noon prayers

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Lonely Planet review for Ismailia Museum

More than 4000 objects from Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman times are housed at the small but interesting Ismailia Museum. The collection includes statues, scarabs, stelae and records of the first canal, built between the Bitter Lakes and Bubastis by the Persian ruler Darius. The highlight of the museum is a 4th-century-AD mosaic depicting characters from Greek and Roman mythology. At the top Phaedra is sending a love letter to her stepson Hippolytus, while below Dionysus is riding a chariot driven by Eros. The bottom section recounts the virtues of Hercules.

 

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