Egyptian Collections

Odessa State Archaeological Museum

4, Lanzheronovskaya st.
Odessa — Ukraine
Tel./ fax (0482) 22–63–02
http://www.arhaeology.farlep.odessa.ua/

Odessa State Archaeological Museum. Arch. F. Gonsiorovsky. 1883

Odessa State Archaeological Museum was founded in 1825. It was generously supported by the Odessa Society of History and Antiquities that was established in 1839 and had archaeological concessions at the south of Russia. Today the Museum has more than 160000 objects — monuments of ancient Black Sea coast, as well as Greece and Rome. The Museum also has a big numismatics collection, including 50000 coins minted in Ancient Greece, Rome, Byzantine and Russia.

Besides the Museum has the best Ancient Egyptian collection in Ukraine. It contains 11 coffins, 8 stelae, 20 scarabs, human and animal mummies, different figurines, jewelry, amulets and objects of daily life.