As an icon of Greek culture, Cavafy was always a priority ... Cavafy’s personal documents on display in the Alexandria museum. Cavafy saw this irrational aspect of human nature repeated ...

Among them was the Septuagint, the first Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible-essential for Alexandria's large Jewish ... plan to build an underwater museum around the ruins, though ground ...

Used in Greek theater to announce the entrances and exits of the gods, the original thunder-making machine was invented by Heron of Alexandria in the first century CE. Pulling the lever opens a trap ...

The Greek community of Alexandria long considered itself one of the main actors in the building of Modern Egypt. Today there are fewer than 1,000 Greeks living in the city, but those who remain still ...