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Alexandria

Statue of Alexander in the Louvre, Paris (France). Believed to be a copy of the cult statue in Alexandria. Photo Marco Prins.
Alexander; believed to be a
copy of the cult statue in
Alexandria (Louvre, Paris)
Alexandria: town founded by Alexander the Great, capital of the Ptolemaic Empire.  
Byzantine mosaic showing the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Qasr Libya (Libya). Photo Marco Prins.
Byzantine mosaic showing the
Lighthouse of Alexandria
(Qasr Libya)

Monuments

Literature

  • Andrew Chugg, The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (2004)
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