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Light House of Alexandria - Alexandria city
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This
ancient city was built by Alexander with
the architect Dinocrates. This area was
previously a fishing village called
Rhakotis. This is located on the
Northern part of Egypt on the
Mediterranean sea.
Legend has a tale that
Homer instructed Alexander to build a
city on Alexander's name. But Alexander
could not live to see it till
completion. After Alexander's death,
there were lot of chaos to get the
control of his empire. Ptolemy was
successful in bringing Egypt under his
control. He ruled Egypt with his capital
as Alexandria.
He
and his successors dreamt of Alexandria
to become a intellectual capital of the
world. This resulted in the Great
Library of Alexandria. This library
boasted a large collection of texts and
manuscripts than any other library in
the world during those times. The
biggest attraction in this city was the Light
House of Alexandria which became
a very useful one for the returning
sailors. Another notable place was Mouseion
a center of research, with laboratories
and observatories. A lot of under water
excavations are being carried out to
find the remnants of this old city.
Renowned persons like Euclid, Eratosthenes
were born in this city.
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