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Alexandria

by Mursi Saad El Din

Alexandria. Bride of Cities. Mistress of the Sea. Fabled city of Alexander the Great. In this remarkable volume, expert scholars and a master photographer capture a lasting impression of the capital and seaport founded by Alexander on Egypt's Mediterranean shore three centuries before the birth of Christ. Morsi Saad El-Din's essay is an homage to Alexandria as well as an overview of the city and the book. He provides pithy, colloquial observations and a wealth of little-known facts and anecdotes, and he undertakes to provide an answer to the elusive whereabouts of Alexander's tomb. Gamal...

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