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News Egypt » Alexandria » History: What happened to the Lighthouse of Alexandria? Inside the slow demise of the ancient world’s most famous lighthouse

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Published on: Thursday 03 September 2026

Starting in the third century B.C.E., ships sailing to Alexandria, Egypt would have been greeted with a jaw-dropping sight: the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Towering some 300 feet tall and boasting a ...

News Egypt » Alexandria » History: Alexandria Through Chinese Eyes: A City of Civilization That Knows the Way to the Future

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Published on: Friday 04 September 2026

For Chinese travelers, Alexandria is not simply a beautiful city on the Mediterranean, nor is it merely a stop on a tourist itinerary that begins in Cairo and continues to Luxor or Aswan. Alexandria ...

News Egypt » Alexandria » History: What Really Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/article/library-of-alexandria-destruction-stones-bones

Published on: Thursday 27 August 2026

The destruction of the Library of Alexandria as the city is engulfed in flames is depicted in Hermann Goll’s 1876 Incendie Alexandrie. At the beginning of the third century B.C.E., Ptolemy I, ...

News Egypt » Alexandria » History: Ancient Sculptures Recovered From Sunken City Off Alexandria

News channel or source: https://hyperallergic.com/ancient-sculptures-recovered-from-sunken-city-off-alexandria/

Published on: Friday 22 August 2025

The remains of a sunken city were pulled from the waters at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria on August 21, 2025. (photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images) Pieces of limestone buildings, marble and ...

News Egypt » Alexandria » History: Alexandria Synagogue

News channel or source: https://sis.gov.eg/en/egypt/tourism/cultural-tourism/monuments/alexandria-synagogue/

Published on: Wednesday 20 March 2024

About 150 years ago, communities and sects of different races lived in Egypt in general, and in Alexandria in particular. Their blood, cultures, customs and traditions fused in a single crucible and ...

News Egypt » Alexandria » History: Who Burned the Library of Alexandria?

News channel or source: https://greekreporter.com/2026/09/04/library-alexandria-burn/