Introduction:- Archaeology Museum is situated in the second floor in the faculty of Archaeology building in new Aswan City Campus. It displays a wide of Replicas of students as imitations of Master pieces in the international museums to build capacities of students of faculty of Archaeology as a project of the year for them and then display the high copies in the Educational Museum of the faculty to use as educational Object to explain some lectures.
The museum contains so many Funerary stelae, block stelae, replicas of funerary temples and cenotaphs from Pharaonic and Islamic Egypt.
The museum has been founded in 2016 (by Omar Abou Zaid) and opened in 2021/2022. Updating museum is in progress by improving present displays and storage as well as introducing more displays.
Aims:- it is mainly an educational museum, utilized in teaching some courses for undergraduate students, which could be used partially in research as well as a place for scientific visits and trips by schools.
Opening hours:- Sunday – Thursday from 9 am – 5 pm.
Charge:- Freely accessible.
Visits:- Both schools’ students and public are very welcome through the academic year and summer holiday.
Enquires:- If you have enquiries or offers of donations please contact faculty of Archaeology.
Future Plan:- Another virtual museum is under construction to support the educational process and raising awareness among local community, schools’ students and university students.
