Once pearl of the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt ... to ancient grandeur, with hotels still operating metal elevators and meter-high breakfast halls. «Alexandria died a long time ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, with over five million inhabitants. As a political centre in ancient times, the former location of the renowned ancient Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and a ...

The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E. during the reign of Ptolemy I — and it was the center of knowledge in the ...

An approximately 3,500-year-old settlement was discovered in Egypt in Kom el-Negus, located about 27 miles west of Alexandria ...

At that time, Alexandria was brimming with European culture, and that atmosphere still exists here today. 18:55 Turkish coffee is very popular all over Egypt, however Alexandria has a long history ...

The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...

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Recently, that search for Cleopatra’s tomb led Martinez and her team of archaeologists to uncover something they weren’t expecting while excavating an ancient tomb in Alexandria, Egypt ...

Deadly train accidents in Egypt are rare but not unheard of. The trains, one travelling from the capital Cairo and the other from Port Said, crashed at about 14:15 local time (12:15 GMT).

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from ... near the port city of Alexandria, the ministry said. When confronted by authorities ...