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Inside The Rise And Fall Of The Library Of Alexandria, The Intellectual Center Of The Ancient World
The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E.
Greek Reporter4d
3,500-year-old Town Found Near Alexandria, Egypt
An approximately 3,500-year-old settlement was discovered in Egypt in Kom el-Negus, located about 27 miles west of Alexandria ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung1y
Alexandria, a city full of melancholy, is slowly sinking into the sea
There is the elegant new library, for example, which the government built in 2002, and the ancient bars where silent men drink whiskey and Stella beer under gold-framed pictures from the fifties.
Greek Reporter6d
Description of Alexandria’s Lighthouse Found in Ancient Chinese Writings
In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.
Goethe2y
Alexandria Cultural Garage
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, with over five million inhabitants. As a political centre in ancient times, the former location ... burden on the cultural scene and civil society. Free ...