Egypt
What's New in Payprology (Gregg Schwendner)
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- Mrs. Mubarak Inaugurates Sadat Museum
Egypt State Information Service Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak the chairperson of the board of trustees of Bibliotheca Alexandria, opened on Tuesday 18/02/2009 the museum of late president Anwar Sadat. The museum, which was established by Bibliotheca Alexandria,...
- 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...
- Alexandria Groomed For International Tourism
The Egyptian Gazette (Salah Attia) N.B. the story on this URL will expire in the next few days. It is always difficult to shed light on the admirable tourist products and landmarks in Alexandria, which is the highlight of the hybrid of cultures, different...
- War Memorial Obelisks Tell An Old Roman Story
Times Online (Philip Howard) Rome conquered Alexandria in 30BC. It was the only time that a single power dominated the entire Mediterranean basin. In one sense this was just another Roman conquest. But Alexandria is a special place: the cosmopolis for...
- Alexandria Quartet 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Egypt Daily Star News Generations of writers have been inspired by the multi-cultural, outward-looking city of Alexandria. In recent history, the most famous literary work about Alexandria by a non-Egyptian author is Lawrence Durrell’s “Justine,”...
Egypt
Original Documents from Ancient Alexandria
What's New in Payprology (Gregg Schwendner)
A sizeable portion of the published texts from Alexandria consists of letters or administrative documents written from Alexandria to someone or other in the Nile Valley. They document in a unique way how a big city such as Alexandria was linked to the country that sustained it – the documents are the “life-lines” thrown out to the rest of Egypt to ensure a steady supply of food and taxes to sustain the capital and even the wider world beyond. Under Greek and Roman rule Egypt’s grain surplus supported a large urban population elsewhere in the Mediterranean.
The most intriguing stack of texts, however, does not document the links between Alexandria and the rest of Egypt, but addresses directly what was going on in Alexandria itself.
See the above page for the full story.
- Mrs. Mubarak Inaugurates Sadat Museum
Egypt State Information Service Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak the chairperson of the board of trustees of Bibliotheca Alexandria, opened on Tuesday 18/02/2009 the museum of late president Anwar Sadat. The museum, which was established by Bibliotheca Alexandria,...
- 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...
- Alexandria Groomed For International Tourism
The Egyptian Gazette (Salah Attia) N.B. the story on this URL will expire in the next few days. It is always difficult to shed light on the admirable tourist products and landmarks in Alexandria, which is the highlight of the hybrid of cultures, different...
- War Memorial Obelisks Tell An Old Roman Story
Times Online (Philip Howard) Rome conquered Alexandria in 30BC. It was the only time that a single power dominated the entire Mediterranean basin. In one sense this was just another Roman conquest. But Alexandria is a special place: the cosmopolis for...
- Alexandria Quartet 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Egypt Daily Star News Generations of writers have been inspired by the multi-cultural, outward-looking city of Alexandria. In recent history, the most famous literary work about Alexandria by a non-Egyptian author is Lawrence Durrell’s “Justine,”...