Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said on Monday that the renovation of the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria has been resumed after a four-year break due to insufficient funds, since the ministry has now allocated LE10 million for that purpose.
Mohamed Reda Youssef, director of the Lower Egypt and Sinai Antiquities Engineering department, said the total cost of the renovation is LE124 million, LE40 million of which has already been spent, as several phases have been completed.
He added that Italy is contributing to the project with 6 million euros.
The museum, officially inaugurated by Khedive Abbas Hilmi II on October 17, 1892, hosts collections dating back to the period between the third century BC and the third century AD. It is the largest museum of its kind in the Mediterranean region.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
