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Top 10 Best "Alexandria" Books
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AlexandriaNick BantockBooks |
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DiscoveriesJean-Yves EmpereurAlexandria |
Discoveries Alexandria, the Mediterranean's largest city, has an illustrious history dating from its founding in 332 bc by Alexander the Great. The city has absorbed an astonishing variety of cultural influences, from Roman and early Christian to Byzantine and Muslim, experiencing massive cycles of renewal and near-abandonment in the process. This comprehensive overview focuses on the city's celebrated monuments-such as the royal libraries and the Alexandria lighthouse-and archaeological artifacts of its cultural splendor, as well as its continuing role as a dynamic marketplace where Occident and Orient meet. |
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AlexandriaLindsey DavisBooks |
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AlexandriaMichael HaagBooks |
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The Library of Alexandria (0046442758321) Kelly Trumble
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria Justin Pollard
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AlexandriaLindsey DavisBooks |
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AlexandriaMichael HaagBooks |
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The Alexandria LinkSteve BerryBooks |
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Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity , No 8) Maria Dzielska
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Vintage Alexandria This is an intriguing collection of archival photographs that reveals the forgotten heart of a great cosmopolitan city. Using vintage photographs from the second half of the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth, many of them from private family albums, this book brings to life the world of that vanished Alexandria, a vibrant, stylish, and cosmopolitan city, the largest port in the Mediterranean, that was the prosperous gateway between Egypt and the world. Seen here in the setting of their homes and gardens, and on the city's streets and beaches, the faces of those forgotten Alexandrians come to life: the Greeks, Italians, Jews, and all those others from around the Mediterranean whose energy and expertise helped modernize and develop Egypt, and who planted their family roots in the city.This was the luxuriant and evocative city celebrated by Constantine Cavafy, E.M. Forster, and Lawrence Durrell, and they too are included in these pages along with photographs of scenes and people that were familiar to them. Vintage Alexandria traces the development and growth of the city... |
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Vintage AlexandriaMichael HaagAlexandria |
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Alexandria Rediscovered Jean-Yves Empereur
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