VISITING HOURS
Every day:
9:00 am - 20:00 pm (entry actually allowed 19:00 p.m.)
Closed: Tusday, a° January, 25 December
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| Egyptian collection |
Lower ground floor |
 - The Egyptian collection is made up primarily of works from two private collections, assembled by Cardinal Borgia in the second half of the 18th century, and Picchianti in the first years of the 19th. In the recent rearrangement the two nuclei have been exhibited separately, while in the connecting room other items are on display, including Egyptian and "pseudo-Egyptian" artefacts from Pompei and other sites in Campania. In its new layout the collection provides both an important record of Egyptian civilization from the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 B.C.) up to the Ptolemaic-Roman era.
Epigraphs
This collection comprises important inscriptions in Greek, Oscan, Etruscan and Latin and provides a rich documentation of the history of the archeological sites of Magna Grecia, Campania under the Greeks and the Romans, and Rome itself.
The sector dedicated to juridical epigraphs is of particular interest. One of the most famous exhibits is the bronze "Tablets of Heraclea", dating from around 300 B.C.
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| The National Archaeological Museum is the direct successor of the Royal Bourbon Museum, one of Europe's oldest and largest museums. |
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