CONTENTS.
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Preface i
Authorities iii
PART I: HISTORY.
SECTION I: GRECO-EGYPTIAN PERIOD.
The Land and the Waters 5
Pharos, Rhakotis, Canopus 6
Alexander the Great 8
The Foundation Plan 9
The First Three Ptolemies 11
The Ptolemaic City 16
The Later Ptolemies 21
Cleopatra 23
Ptolemaic Culture: 28
Literature 29
Scholarship 34
Art 35
Philosophy 36
Science 36
SECTION II: CHRISTIAN PERIOD.
The Rule of Rome 44
The Christian Community 45
Arius and Athanasius 47
The Rule of the Monks 50
The Arab Conquest 52
SECTION III: THE SPIRITUAL CITY.
Introduction 60
The Jews 62
Neo-Platonism 64
Christianity: 69
Introduction 69
Gnosticism 71
Orthodoxy 72
Arianism 75
Monophysism 76
Monothelism 76
Conclusion: Islam 77
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SECTION IV: ARAB PERIOD.
The Arab Town 80
The Turkish Town 82
SECTION V: MODERN PERIOD.
Napoleon 86
Mohammed Ali 88
The Modern City 90
The Bombardment of Alexandria 93
Conclusion 97
The God abandons Antony 98
PART II: GUIDE.
SECTION I:
FROM THE SQUARE TO RUE ROSETTE.
The Square 102
Statue of Mohammed Ali 102
Banco di Roma 103
Rue Rosette 104
Mosque of the Prophet Daniel 104
St. Saba 106
Greco-Roman Museum 107
SECTION II:
FROM THE SQUARE TO RAS-EL TIN.
Chorbagi Mosque 124
Terbana Mosque 125
Abou el Abbas Mosque 126
Anfouchi Tombs 126
Ras-el-Tin Palace 129
Prehistoric Harbour 130
Fort Kait Bey (The Pharos) 133
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SECTION III: FROM THE SQUARE TO THE SOUTHERN QUARTERS.
Place St. Catherine 142
Attarine Mosque 143
Old Protestant Cemetery 144
“Pompey’s Pillar” and Temple of Serapis 144
Kom es Chogafa Catacombs 148
Mahmoudieh Canal 151
SECTION IV: FROM THE SQUARE TO NOUZHA.
Municipal Gardens 154
Antique Tomb (Pompey’s?) 155
French War Memorial 156
Nouzha Gardens 156
Antoniadis Gardens 157
Antique Tomb 157
SECTION V: FROM THE SQUARE TO RAMLEH.
Caesareum and Cleopatra’s Needles (site of) 161
Abercrombie Monument 165
Abou el Nawatir 165
San Stefano Casino 166
Spouting Rocks 166
SECTION VI: FROM THE SQUARE TO MEX.
Mex 171
Fort Agame 171
SECTION VII: ABOUKIR AND ROSETTA.
Montazah 175
Aboukir 176
Canopus 180
Baths of “Cleopatra” 183
Edku 184
Rosetta 185
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SECTION VIII: THE LYBIAN DESERT.
Abousir 191
Burg el Arab 194
St. Menas 195
Wady Natrun 200
Natrun Monasteries 204