May 25, 2010

When Alexander the Great to set foot on the west coast of Egypt in 332 BC, he was stunned by the beauty of nature. “Here is my dream city would be built”, he said. Alexandria,a city, then became the capital of Egypt for nearly 1000 years. It is inhabited not only by the Egyptians but also those who live around the Mediterranean Sea such as Turkey, Italy, and Greece, Alexandria – along with Athens in Greece and in Syria-Anthiocia growing rapidly become the intellectual center of Alexandrian Empire that stretched from India to Egypt.

Unlike the City of Thousand Mosques in Cairo or Luxor, the Ancient Egyptian city Pharonic period, Alexandria was almost entirely the character of the West. Naturally some people call it a European city stranded in Egypt. Its location is near the coast, air cool, clean and orderly to make Alexandria a favorite summer vacation spot.

Among the heritage that are still Hellenic, today we can still find the world’s first legendary library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Aristrophanes manuscripts in the library Calligio Romano Rome, tells how the Egyptian library was built in 300 years BC. (more…)