As avid students of Antiquity, we’ve always been keen to visit Alexandria, which was founded by Alexander the Great after he conquered Egypt in 332 B.C. Rejecting the ancient capital of Memphis, Alexander chose a strategic spot with a fine natural harbor on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast as the site for his new capital, and following his death, the thriving city become the intellectual center of the Hellenistic world.
Euclid (“the father of geometry”) and Eratosthenes, the mathematician famed for calculating the circumference of the earth, lived here, and the storied Library was the largest in the ancient world — a magnet for scholars from all over the Mediterranean and beyond. The towering Lighthouse at the entrance to the city’s harbor was one of the original Seven Wonders of the World.
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