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Pictures and information, page
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Taken on the January 7, 2003 trip in
Alexandria Egypt
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The Royal
Jewelry Museum:
Originally the
Palace of Princess Fatma al-Zahraa in Zizinia, it is an architectural
masterpiece. Its many rooms and halls contain rare paintings, statues
and decorations, as well as a priceless collection of jewels of the
Mohamed Ali dynasty
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The Mosque of Mursi Abul Abbas:
Situated in Al-Anfushi, this Andalusian style
mosque is the largest in the city. It has four domes and a minaret, and
was re-built in the twentieth century at the site of the old Abul Abbas
shrine.
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Catacomb of Kom El
Shukafa: This is the largest Roman cemetery in Alexandria. It is
composed of three levels cut 30 meters deep into the existing rock.
Dating to the beginning of the Second Century AD, it is a blend of
Pharaonic and Roman art. |
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Qait Bay Fort: It is
situated at the north extreme of the port entry, at the same place of
the old Alexandrine Pharos. In the 15th century, the constructor of the
fort, Sultan Ashraf Qait bay composed it of three floors after medieval
models. Inside we can find the marine museum, which was constructed to
revive Alexandria’s old naval heritage. |
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Al-Montazah
Palace:
Built on a low plateau east of Alexandria and overlooking a beautiful
beach amid about 370 feddans of gardens and woods, the palace comprises
a number of buildings, the most important being Al-Haramlek and Al-Salamlek,
the summer residence of the former royal family.
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The Library of Alexandria in northern Egypt became, from the 3rd century BC, the outstanding center of Greek culture. It also soon attracted a large Jewish population,
and it later became a major focal point for the development of Christian thought.
The library, eventually containing more than a half million volumes, was mostly in Greek.
It served as a repository for every Greek work of the classical period that could be found.
The in 415 BC library itself was ransacked of any gold or silver and then put to the torch.
Today, several diggings where the library stood, have revealed scientific and historical documents that would have resulted in the industrial revolution having
occurred 1500 years earlier.
Among the lost documents included the methods used to build the pyramids and the
Parthenon, alchemy, natural plant medicine and utopian philosophy. |
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January 7, 2003 Egypt Trip Group Picture |
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