Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City 1526603810, 9781526603814

For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18

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Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City
1526603810, 9781526603814

For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18

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For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18

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An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present

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In 70 AD, the Roman emperor Vespasian and his son Titus plundered the great Temple of Jerusalem, claiming for themselves

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