The Lost Baths of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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Ancient Architecture
Alexandria serves almost like a microcosm for what this could still be. Incredible monumental architecture. Early drawings suggest that there was a lot of that not just sort of waiting to be dug up underneath the ground but there standing. Alexandria doesn't really become the focus of much archaeology until the end of the 19th century by which time the modern city is under construction. It must be wonderful but also frustrating to think about how much there still is.
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