The Rashid National Museum & the Qaitbay Citadel organize “The Heritage of Rashid City” exhibition

The Rashid National Museum, in cooperation with the Qaitbay Citadel, is organizing an exhibition entitled “The Heritage of Rashid City”, under the supervision of the Museums Sector and the Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Sector of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, tomorrow, Thursday, at twelve o’clock in the afternoon, and it ends on the 18th of the same month.

The exhibition comes within the framework of the museum’s role in communicating with society and a continuation of the museum’s awareness and educational message, spreading archaeological awareness and introducing the history and civilization of the ancient city of Rashid, hosted by the Mediterranean bride at the Citadel of Qaitbay.

The exhibition includes the output of the workshops of the Rashid National Museum during its past career, with the participation of young artists from the cities of Rashid and Alexandria, which reflects the city of Rashid.

It is worth mentioning that the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser inaugurated the Rashid Museum as a military museum on September 19, 1959, during his visit to Rashid.

The Rashid Museum is located on the West Bank at the mouth of the Nile River in the Mediterranean, 65 km northeast of Alexandria.

Rashid includes a distinguished group of houses and mosques dating back to the Ottoman era during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the famous Qaitbay Citadel in which the Rosetta Stone was found, which is considered the second largest city with a gathering of Islamic antiquities after Cairo.

The museum’s holdings are displayed in one of the most famous and largest houses of Rashid, the house of Arab Klee, who was the governor of the city. It was built in the 18th century AD. The house consists of four floors that highlight the characteristics of Islamic architecture and arts in this period.

The museum includes collectibles and models that highlight the struggle of the Rashid people and the battles they fought against the French and English colonialists. The museum also displays some of the Islamic antiquities that were recently discovered in Rashid, such as Islamic coins and pottery.