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This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Alexandria Nilometer eg9613815jhp Egypt Alexandria Nile ancient Nilometer door well archaeology silted dry Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of tae ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, doorway, Nilometer, well, River, Nile, dried, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4
Alexandria Nilometer eg9613728jhp Egypt Alexandria River Nile ancient Nilometer door well archaeology silted dry Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of tae ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, doorway, Nilometer, well, River, Nile, dried, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Sphinx eg9613720jhp Egypt Alexandria Ptolemaic red granite sphinx plinth modern reconstruction Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Sphinx eg9613719jhp Egyptian Alexandria Serapeum Ptolemaic red granite sphinx plinth modern Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Sphinx eg9613718jhp Egypt Alexandria Roman ruins Ptolemaic red granite sphinx Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Roman Piscina eg9613722jhp Egypt Alexandria Roman ruins Piscina swimming pool abulations bath excavations Rhakote modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, swimming, pool, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Roman Baths eg9613723jhp Egypt Alexandria Serapeum Roman ruins bath excavation sphinxes rocky hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Pompey s Pillar eg9613717jhp Egypt Alexandria Roman Ptolemaic granite sphinx column Pompey Serapeum Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Pompey s Pillar eg9613716jhp Egypt Alexandria Ptolemaic sphinx column Pompey Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Pompey s Pillar eg9613715jhp Egypt Alexandria Roman sphinx column Pompey Rhakote hill garden view plants modern Mediterranean city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Granite Scarab eg9613724jhp Egypt Alexandria Roman garden exhibit granite scarab large museum Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Granite Carving eg9613727jhp Egypt Alexandria broken fragment carved granite freize high status fine quality Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright
Alexandria Granite Carving eg9613726jhp Egypt Alexandria carved mottled granite freize high status beautiful quality Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Granite Carving eg9613725jhp Egypt Alexandria carved mottled granite freize symbols beautiful Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8
Alexandria Carved Cross eg9613729jhp Egypt Alexandria garden exhibit carved stone Coptic cross early Christian capital Rhakote hill modern Mediterranean coastal city no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaohic times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and this is one is located on Rhakote Hill one of the earliest sites in the City with some Roman ruins and archaeology. On the hill is the dominant granite column called Pompey’s Pillar dating back to the reign of Emperor Diocletian around 297BC but associated with the later rival of Caesar when it was held, mistakenly, his head was placed on top of the column. Also of interest are some granite Sphinxes and underground burial vaults. It is also thought to have held some of the contents of the ancient Library after its sacking after the fall of the House of Ptolemy but nothing now remains of this smaller library probably sacked during the Fifth Century AD by Christian zealots. The City has a distinctly European rather than Egyptian feel to it; it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. I hired my own taxi and the driver was sufficiently knowledgeable to take me to the main ‘ancient’ sites I could manage in a few hours. Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, northern, Delta, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, Egyptology, Rhakote, hill, ancient, Rhakotis, Pharaonic, Serapis, Temple, Serapeum, Library, destroyed, Roman, Ptolemaic, Greek, Pompey, Pillar, Corinthian, carved, capital, top, Ptolemaic, red, granite, Sphinx, Sphinxes, granite, carving, carved, scarab, freize, open, air, exhibits, museum, garden, Coptic, cross, early, Christian, archaeology, ruins, Piscina, Roman, bath, house, excavations, gateway, sunshine, blue, sky, colours, colourful, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8

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