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the city built to outlive its founder, and it did — by two thousand years and counting.
means an ancient egyptian port city founded by alexander the great, famous as the mediterranean's greatest hub of learning and trade.
from alexander the great planted the city in 331 bce on egypt's coast, one of over twenty cities he named after himself, but the only one that became legend.
the libraryonce held the largest collection of ancient manuscripts on earth
the lighthousepharos of alexandria was a wonder of the ancient world
alexander's bodyreportedly buried there, tomb never found
cleopatra's cityshe ruled and died in alexandria, ending ptolemaic egypt