Alexandria, Egypt cruise port guide
Alexander the Great founded this city, but never lived to see it. When he took Egypt from the Persians in 332 BC, he decided to move the capital from Memphis to the Mediterranean. Leaving instructions with his architect, he traveled on to Asia where he died. Egypt passed under the control of his general, Ptolemy I, who made Alexandria a great intellectual center. The city was designed with grand proportions. Its lighthouse, the Pharos, was a beacon to all. The Mouseion, from which our word "museum" derives, incorporated laboratories, observatories and a vast library. With the fall of the Ptolemies, Alexandria slumbered in obscurity until revived as an international seaport. A cosmopolitan, decadent colonial era, captured such works as Lawrence Durrell's Alexandrian Quartet, ended in the 1950's, but the beaches, restaurants and architecture still draw visitors, along with such excavations as Cleopatra's Palace, where this Queen of Egypt shared her love with Mark Anthony.
About Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria is Egypt's second-largest city and its main Mediterranean port, founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. It served as the capital of Ptolemaic Egypt and was home to Queen Cleopatra VII. It is the gateway port for cruise passengers visiting Cairo and the Pyramids of Giza.
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Balmoral · Canaries · 71 nights
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