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	Encyclopedia: Alexandria, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexandria was intended to supersede Naucratis as a Greek centre in Egypt, and to be the link between Macedonia and the rich Nile Valley.
		Alexandria seems from this time to have regained its old prosperity, commanding, as it did, an important granary of Rome; this fact, doubtless, was one of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under imperial power.
		Alexandria is served by a network of trams traveling east and west roughly parallel to the Corniche, or sea wall.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alexandria,-Egypt (3856 words)

	MSN Encarta - Alexandria (Egypt)
		Alexandria (Egypt), city and major seaport in northern Egypt, in the River Nile delta, on a ridge that separates Lake Mareotis from the Mediterranean Sea.
		Alexandria was made the capital of Egypt, numerous palaces were built by the Ptolemies, the Alexandria Library and Museum were founded, and influential schools of philosophy, rhetoric, and other branches of learning were established.
		Alexandria was captured and held from 1798 to 1801 by Napoleon Bonaparte; by that time it had declined in importance and was merely the size of a large village.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551542/Alexandria_(Egypt).html (895 words)

	Alexandria, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexandria, the shining pearl of the Mediterranean, and the beacon radiating its culture and heritage to the world at large
		The second largest city and the main port of Egypt, Alexandria was built by the Greek architect Dinocrates (332-331 BC) on the site of an old village, Rhakotis, at the orders of Alexander the Great.
		Alexandria lies north-west of the Nile delta and stretches along a narrow land strip between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Mariut (Mareotis).
	ce.eng.usf.edu /pharos/alexandria (239 words)

	Alexandria Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alexandria is a beautiful tree-lined city on the Mediterranean (great diving!) and home of the ancient and modern library.
		Alexandria was established by the mighty Macedonian Alexander the Great in 331 BC when selected a small fishing village on the Mediterranean coast as his new capital.
		Alexandria once had a great library that contained more than 500,000 volumes, and at its peak the city was a great repository of science, philosophy and intellectual thought and learning.
	www.teflcourse.net /alexandria_egypt.cfm (477 words)

	An Introduction to the Ancient Monumental Tombs Of Alexandria, Egypt (Part I)
		Alexandria was a center of the ancient world known for its trade and intellectualism, but like the dualism of Egypt itself, this grand metropolis became at one point one of the worlds least cities, before making an unsteady climb back to its present status.
		It was in Egypt but it was not of Egypt and during antiquity it was called Alexandria ad Aegyptum, meaning Alexandria by or near Egypt.
		In Alexandria, these loculi niches were not necessarily limited to a single burial, nor were they subject to a specific type of internment.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/alexandriatombs.htm (1890 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alexandria, city, Egypt, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It is at the western extremity of the Nile River delta, situated on a narrow isthmus between the sea and Lake Mareotis (Maryut).
		The city is Egypt's leading port, a commercial and transportation center, and the heart of a major industrial area where refined petroleum, asphalt, cotton textiles, processed food, paper, and plastics are produced.
		The Univ. of Alexandria; the Institute of Alexandria, an affiliate of Al Azhar Univ. in Cairo; a college of nursing; and medical and textile research centers are in the city, which is also the Middle East headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AlxndriaEg.html (312 words)

	Lake Mariut (Mariout, Maryut, Mareotis), a Landlocked Sea South of Alexandria
		Traditional classical tours of Egypt rarely move north of Cairo, though there is a trend now of more visits to Alexandria because of recent discoveries off the coast and the New Library of Alexandria, which also houses a new national museum.
		Nevertheless, there are some interesting archaeological and natural sites near Alexandria, and perhaps one of the most interesting is Lake Mariut, where a number of ancient towns, largely unexcavated, dot the shore.
		As a consequence, Alexandria was cut off from the entire river system of Egypt and was unable to trade as easily as before, and this resulted in the cities decline for many years to come.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/lakemariut.htm (1656 words)

	Alexandria Tramways 1999 - 2001
		An interesting point is that two of the ex-Copenhagen trams were returned to Denmark in 2001 for use on the Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenaesholom near Copenhagen.
		Sidi Gaber Railway Station is the interchange point between mainline trains traveling between Cairo and Alexandria as well as a significant transfer point to and from trams.
		Alexandria Tramways #15 Line trainset #114 at Ramleh Station, December 1999.
	www.geocities.com /alextracks (627 words)

	Alexandria Library - Egypt State Information Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the meeting point of the three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, Egypt has been the cradle of civilizations since ancient times.
		The ancient city of Alexandria was at the beginning of the third century B.C. the birthplace of the great plan to build a library: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
		But a fire, which ravaged Alexandria, destroyed the library, this vast storehouse of learning.
	www.sis.gov.eg /alex-lib/html/front.htm (94 words)

	About Alexandria and the North Coast of Egypt
		In spite of miles of white sand beaches and azure sea, Egypt's Med is still undeveloped and relatively unpopulated.
		There are fine beaches all along the coast from Alexandria to Mersa Matrouh, including the resort of Sidi Abdel Rahman, a secluded bay with clear waters and a selection of villas and hotels.
		EgyptAir flies daily to Alexandria throughout the year and to Mersa Matrouh in the summer months.
	touregypt.net /alex.htm (748 words)

	Alexandria Port Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With 2 ports and more than ¾ of Egypt’s foreign trade passing through it, Alexandria is considered the second most important city in Egypt.
		The 2 ports are located eastwards of Alexandria and is called the Eastern Port and the other is westward of Alexandria and is called the Western Port with a t-shaped peninsula separating them.
		Alexandria Port Authority, 106 Horreya st., Alexandria, Egypt.
	www.rafimar.com /alexport.html (479 words)

	ALEXANDRIA on the Web
		In ancient Egypt the city and Library of Alexandria was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings flowed together to create vital new syntheses and a flourishing cultural environment.
		Today, Alexandria is still an important city in Egypt.
		Alexandria at Binghamton: "The World Soul and the Soul of the World: Philosophy, Cosmos, and Culture".
	cosmopolis.com (138 words)

	Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Front Page
		Alexandria, 13 October 2005—The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing the Scientific Society Week, 20-23 March 2006.
		In cooperation with the Nasser Foundation, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has digitized the collection of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and is publishing it through an integrated searchable web-based system, which is mainly intended for research and documentation purposes.
		Einstein Symposium Part II To honor the centennial of 1905, the Library of Alexandria is organizing the second symposium in 2005, the UNESCO declared World Year of Physics (WYP), 23-24 November 2005…
	www.bibalex.org (161 words)

	Philo Judaeus, Alexandria/Egypt, Ancient Christian Church
		Josephus' identification of Philo's relationship to his brother, of his place of birth in Alexandria, and of his role in the embassy to Gaius, takes us directly into the Christian sources, for it is this notice that Eusebius quotes directly from Josephus (cf.
		But it is the specific instancing of the "Therapeutae," exclusively denominated by Philo, which produced such a response among the later Christian historians, that their denominator became absorbed within the "illustrious men" of originating Christianity.
		Clement of Alexandria and his use of Philo in the Stromateis, by Annewies van den Hoek.
	www.dacb.org /stories/egypt/philo_judaeus.html (2080 words)

	Current local time in Alexandria - Egypt
		Make a Personal World Clock and include Alexandria
		When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Alexandria?
		Compare Alexandria time to time in other time zones
	www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=426 (194 words)

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