Alexandria
Travel Guide to Alexandria
The Travel Guide to Alexandria highlights
the most important places to visit in this area of Egypt and its
significance to the history of Egypt together with Ancient Egyptian
facts and information about Alexandria. The city of Alexandria is the
chief seaport to the Mediterranean Sea and the second largest city in
Egypt.
The History of Alexandria
In 332BC the Greek hero Alexander
the Great conquered and occupied Egypt.
His general, Ptolemy, became
king
Ptolemy I Soter (305 BC-282
BC)
and established the Ptolemaic
dynasty in Egypt. During this time the city of Alexandria was founded
which became famous for the Great Library and the great
Lighthouse of
Pharos in Alexandria which was one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World.
The site of the Pharos Lighthouse is covered by the Islamic
Fort of Kait Bey which was built on, and from, some the ruins of the
collapsed lighthouse. The lasting remains of the Lighthouse of
Alexandria, the last of the Seven Wonders of the World, lie underwater
near the entrance to Alexandria’s Eastern Harbour.
Places to Visit and
tour in Alexandria
The most famous places to visit in
Alexandria are as follows:
-
Islamic Fort of Kait Bey
built on the site of the Pharos Lighthous
-
Bibliotheca
Alexandrina a modern museum built on the site of the Great
Library of Alexandria which was destroyed by the Romans
-
Alexandria
National Museum
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The ruins of a
Roman Amphitheater and the Roman Catacombs at
Kam-el-Shuqqafa
Location of Alexandria
Our Egypt travel guide
differentiates between the sites of Upper and Lower Egypt. Ancient Egypt
originally consisted of two parts which were called Upper and Lower
Egypt. Alexandria is located in
Lower Egypt.
Upper Egypt was the valley area in the South and Lower Egypt was
the delta area in the North. Upper and Lower Egypt each had their own
governments and rulers. These two parts Egypt were eventually united in
3118BC. Plan your Tour of Egypt around the most important and ancient sites of Lower Egypt, including Alexandria, using our travel guide.
Alexandria
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provides interesting facts and information about the Golden Age of
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