An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria; A ...

Despite its five million inhabitants, Alexandria sometimes seems like a provincial city ... and the ancient bars where silent men drink whiskey and Stella beer under gold-framed pictures from ...

These pictures spanned from 1974 to ... t know much about Egypt have at least heard of Alexandria. This famous city has been home to some of ancient history's most important people and sites.

but by an ancient library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, circa 283 BC? Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge.