Alexandria

27 Jul

Thebes of Egypt “Alexandria”

Alexander the Great laid the foundation stone for the city of Alexandria, but he did not live long enough to see it completed by his successor Ptolemy I. The latter made Alexandria the bride of the Mediterranean Sea and the world's center of knowledge and sciences in his time and afterwards. Alexandria distinguished itself from other cities in Egypt to the extent that it came to be known as "The City," similar to the city of "Thebes" during the Pharaonic era, which was known as "No" according to the Ancient Egypt Encyclopedia (Part Fourteen) by the famous Egyptologist "Salim Hassan," under the title "Alexandria in the era of Ptolemy I.