Egypt
The Bismarck Tribune (Carol M. Russell)
- Alexandria The Crossroads
Saudi Aramco World (Edward Lewis) With photographs. Visitors to Alexandria are usually surprised by two features: the extent to which the city contributed to and shaped the Mediterranean world, and the complete lack of physical evidence that demonstrates...
- Alexander The Great And The Legacy Of Alexandria
Daily Mail (Bettany Hughes) There is not, and has never been, another city to match it. It was a glittering metropolis, home to the most sexually charismatic queen of all time, founded by a man whose megalomaniac ambitions knew no bounds. It was a buzzing...
- Tourism: Alexandria's Efforts To Lure Visitors
Earth Times Alexandria, Egypt - Just mention Alexandria and the name city rekindles the Pharoh era when the city was the location of a lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Library of Alexandria was the biggest at that...
- Development Of The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.strategiy.com/realestatenew.asp?id=20060521110422 Plans for development of the waterfront area around the Alexandria library have been announced: "Emaar Misr for Development S.A.E., a subsidiary of the UAE-based Emaar Properties and Artoc Group...
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/12/11/stories/2005121100180800.htmA piece about the past and present of the famous Alexandrian library: "Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an attempt at engineering a rebirth of a lost inheritance and heritage, was inaugurated in...
Egypt
Fate of ancient Egyptian library a mystery
The Bismarck Tribune (Carol M. Russell)
No one can find Alexander the Great. He was buried in Alexandria after his body was brought back from Babylon where he died in 323 BC at age 33. Theories of his death range from poisoning to appendicitis.
Why can't he be found? Ancient Alexandria lies under modern Alexandria and into the Mediterranean Sea as well. If you want to see the city of Alexander and Cleopatra, you will have to dig or dive.
The city still yields ancient surprises. At a 1900 construction site, a donkey fell through the earth into an abyss of catacombs that dated to the 2nd century BC. Poor donkey.
The Library of Alexandria, intellectual center of the ancient world, stands like the elephant in the room surrounded by great drama during its development and destruction. Today a new library, called the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, built under the auspices of UNESCO and the Egyptian government, opened in 2002 on what is thought to be the site of its famous ancient predecessor.
The story starts when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
- Alexandria The Crossroads
Saudi Aramco World (Edward Lewis) With photographs. Visitors to Alexandria are usually surprised by two features: the extent to which the city contributed to and shaped the Mediterranean world, and the complete lack of physical evidence that demonstrates...
- Alexander The Great And The Legacy Of Alexandria
Daily Mail (Bettany Hughes) There is not, and has never been, another city to match it. It was a glittering metropolis, home to the most sexually charismatic queen of all time, founded by a man whose megalomaniac ambitions knew no bounds. It was a buzzing...
- Tourism: Alexandria's Efforts To Lure Visitors
Earth Times Alexandria, Egypt - Just mention Alexandria and the name city rekindles the Pharoh era when the city was the location of a lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Library of Alexandria was the biggest at that...
- Development Of The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.strategiy.com/realestatenew.asp?id=20060521110422 Plans for development of the waterfront area around the Alexandria library have been announced: "Emaar Misr for Development S.A.E., a subsidiary of the UAE-based Emaar Properties and Artoc Group...
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/12/11/stories/2005121100180800.htmA piece about the past and present of the famous Alexandrian library: "Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an attempt at engineering a rebirth of a lost inheritance and heritage, was inaugurated in...