Royal Museum in Alexandria displays priceless relics

The Royal Jewelry Museum is an art and history museum in the Zizenia neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt.

It is located in the former palace of Princess Fatma Al-Zahra’. The building’s halls contain an inestimable collection of jewels and jewelry of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.

Built in 1919, the museum is packed with unique relics, jewelries, some engraved with diamond and ruby stones dating back to 1805, including a necklace for the wali Ali Pasha and gems for King Fuad I, King Faruk, his spouse Fozia and gifts from the Shah of Iran.

Source: Kuwait News Agency