The Greeks of Alexandria, Egypt

The Greeks of Alexandria, Egypt

The Greeks of Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: Ahnaf Saber/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 . Qaitbey Fort, Alexandria- believed to have been built by the Mamluks using the stones of the Pharos of Alexandria The story of Hellenism in Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, goes back more than two millennia and is marked by Alexander the Great’s placement of the first stone as part of the city’s first street in 331 BC. Hellenistic Alexandria was best know…