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With a population of 3.5 to 5 million, its the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the largest seaport that serves about 80% of all of Egypts imports and exports. Alexandria is also a very important tourist resort.
Alexandria extends about 32 km (20 miles) along the coast of the Mediterranean sea in north-central Egypt. Its home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library of Alexandria), and is an important industrial centre because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. Alexandria was also an important trading post between Europe and Asia, because it profited from the easy overland connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
In ancient times, Alexandria was one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Greek Macedonian king Alexander the Great. It remained Egypts capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 AD when a new capital was founded at Fustat, later absorbed into Cairo.
Alexandria was known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), the Library of Alexandria (the largest library in the ancient world) and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages). Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbour of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhakotis existed there, and during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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    The Bibliotheca Alexandrina : Overview
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    Oct 01, 2008 - Oct 02, 2008
        The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library. It contains:   ·        A Library that can hold millions of books ·        An Internet Archive ·        Six specialized libraries for (i) Arts, multimedia and audi...
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    My beautiful Alexandria;): Alexandria Travel Photos
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    Feb 24, 2008
    Welcome everybody to my homecity Alexandria:)There're more than 40 Alexandrias all over the world but mine is the original.It's the Alexandria which was built by Alexander the great;)
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    Egypt - The realization of a dream: Alexandria Travel Photos
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    Jan 15, 2008 - Jan 24, 2008
    When i and my friend - Ana - had decided to visit Egypt we didn't know that Ehab (Maher) would accompany us during our whole trip but i don't know what we would have done there without him...This trip wasn't just a dream coming true but also the beginning of an amazing and a hopefully everlasting friendship. Shukran Ehab for these unforgetable 9 days - you're an incredibly nice person! God bless Travbuddy!!!!! :-))))
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    Alexandria :Where The East Meets The West: Alexandria Travel Photos
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    Jan 01, 2005 - Feb 21, 2008
    Alexandria my hometown and the Mediterranean's pearl
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