Alexandria

- Country: Egypt
- Language spoken: Arabic
- Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
- Country code: +20
- Area code: 3
- Time zone: GMT + 2:00 (Standard Time)
- Airport code: ALY / HEAX (El Nhouza Airport)
- Founded: 332 BCE by the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great
- City population: 3,750,000 est (2007) MSN Encarta: MSN Encarta
- Climate: Desert climate; has two season mild winter and hot summer
- Also known: "Pearl of the Mediterranean"
- Seven Wonders of the World: Lighthouse of Alexandria

Alexandria is Egypt's second largest city. Founded by Alexander the Great around 331 B.C.E., it was the cultural capital of the world during the Ptolemaic era and second only to Rome in wealth and power during the Roman eras.Hellenistic: Alexandria in the Hellenistic (2008) Today Alexandria is Egypt's largest seaport and a major tourist destination.
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- Alexander the Great
- Cleopatra and Mark Antony
- Ptolemy
- Archimedes
- Euclid
- Hypsicles
- Eratosthenes

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