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The House of Ptolemy:
Alexandria Ad Aegyptum -- The City






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Alexandria Ad Aegyptum -- The City

  • Archaeology Magazine's Mar/Apr 1999 issue has been updated, with plenty of info on ancient Alexandria:
  • Diving on a Sunken City (by Jean-Yves Empereur)
    Ancient Alexandria yields a wealth of pharaonic and Ptolemaic sculpture.
  • Mapping Alexandria's Royal Quarters (by Angela M.H. Schuster)
    Includes a map of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor shows the submerged Royal Quarters.
    (Gérard Schnepp, Courtesy IEASM)
  • The Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria

    The Sema: Tomb of Alexander the Great

    The Museum at Alexandria



    The Library at Alexandria

    Library of Alexandria (Reconstructed views 1) ©Another World by E-Spaces Library of Alexandria (Reconstructed views 2) ©Another World by E-Spaces Library of Alexandria (Reconstructed views 3) ©Another World by E-Spaces

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    Alexandria Ad Aegyptum -- The City