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Alexandria
Egypt · 31.2001, 29.9187
Hellenistic port and seat of the ancient world's most famous library.
Historical layers
331 – 30 BCE
Ptolemaic
Library, Museion, Pharos lighthouse.
Events here
283 BCEFounding of the Library of Alexandria
The Ptolemies attempt to collect every book in the world in one harbour city.
30 BCEActium and the End of Ptolemaic Egypt
After defeat at Actium, Cleopatra VII dies and Egypt becomes a Roman province.
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