The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E. during the reign of Ptolemy I — and it was the center of knowledge in the ...

What Alexandria presents to him is a record of history and of ... had been put to death in wars and invasions and climate upheavals that put much of the ancient city under water. Mr. Issa tells the ...

The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

an ancient city located around 30 miles west of Alexandria along Egypt’s northern coast, they found two cold marble eyes staring back up at them from the sandy ruins. Although its nose had been ...

In the famous film the city was buried by a catastrophic ancient sandstorm and rediscovered ... commercial center long before the rise of Alexandria. But political fortunes shifted, and so did ...

Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead ...

Finally, the modern city of Alexandria was largely built over the original. "Modern Alexandria, especially the downtown area, was built completely above ancient monuments," Hawass said. "The theater ...

Sayadin” or The Fishermen’s Village, is best known for its vibrant fishing industry, featuring a bustling fish market and a ...

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Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish leader, philosopher and scholar in the first century. Born in 30 BC to a wealthy Jewish family in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, he was an important spokesman ...