A controversial new Egyptian capital city is being built 30 miles ... For seven decades, the military has ruled Egypt from buildings designed during the "semi-colonial, semi-liberal era of the ...

But what many don’t know is that Alexandria, which lies about 136 miles northwest of Cairo, actually once stood as Egypt’s capital city, from 332 BC until 642 AD - a period of 973 years.

Alaa Farouk, the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, announced that the New Administrative Capital is a disease-free area for ... to develop the horse industry in the Arab Republic of Egypt ...