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Alexandria: city of knowledge and culture

You're Dead to Me

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Founding Alexandria: Alexander to the Ptolemies

Origins on the Nile Delta, Homeric links to Pharos, Alexander's planned city, architect Donocrates' pitch, Ptolemy's interception of Alexander's body and the city's Greco‑Egyptian identity and monuments.

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