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Home Monday, May, 15, 2006  When the name of Alexandria is mentioned I feel a bright light in my eyes. It is as if Alexander the Great is back to life again, this young great leader came to Egypt to fight against the Persians who have invaded Egypt a few years before
When Alexander entered Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt at 333 BC, he was welcome and hailed as a king by the Egyptians and he was a quite clever diplomat as he showed great respect and veneration to the gods of ancient Egypt especially, god Ptah the patron god of Memphis. afterwards Alexander then decided to visit the famous Oracle temple of Amon, located in the oasis of Siwa in order to consult the hear about his destiny.
At the beginning of the Roman period about 30 BC, a new city was built here by the Romans bearing the name of ?Nicopolis? which means the city of Victory in order to commemorate the victory of Octavian over Mark Anthony in Aktium in 31 B.C.
Most of it was destroyed or vanished for several reasons including disturbances, civil wars, revolts, natural disasters, subsoil water and unplanned urbanization etc.
Among those fabulous monuments which were mentioned by ancient Greek books, are the Enclosure walls and the gates of the city, the lighthouse, the Great Library, the Royal Necropolis including the Tomb of Alexander and the museums.
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