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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Alexandrian inspiration

 Egyptian history has been exposed to several eras and reigns,
 narrowing scope to the greek era in Alexandria.



Alexander the great was a patron of strength for controls, his reign settled between 356 till 323 before christ. The conqueror decided to widen his emperor, after conquering Syria and the levant, by conquering Egypt, as well. Narrowing deeper to Alexandria  city, which was founded after the name of alexander the great in 331 before christ. Before he died, due to fever in a very young age, he was planning to design Alexandria  city as chessboard structure; horizontal streets intersect vertical ones.

statue of Alexander the great the antiquities museum, the library of Alexandria 
photo credit: Haidy Elshazly 


The general added to Alexandria at that reign dozens of architecture masterpieces, for instance; the pharaoh lighthouse of Alexandria. Archeologists believe that it was at the current place of the citadel of Qaitbay



Greco Roman reign didn’t quit painting its artistic vision in Alexandria , furthermore;  Demetrius Phalereus was the first one to introduce the idea of building the ancient library of Alexandria  to king PtolemyI, the statue of the king ptolemy the first was a sunken antique and was fished out of the ocean after 2000 years of drowning, at the eastern harbor.

library web statue of the king ptolemyI, library of Alexandria 
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Consequently at the reign of kings ptolemyII and III the ancient library was a center for arts, sciences, and maths. In addition to the constructing the daughter library, thus; both libraries were exchanging books and scrolls due to the increases.


Moving to Pompeii’s  pillar;  around 25m red Aswan stone blocks with a circumference of 9m, was developed out of appreciation for the Ruler Diocletian . Moreover, Diocletian  caught Alexandria after it had been under attack. The Bedouins referred to it as "Amoud el-Sawari", Section of the Horsemen. The Support point is the tallest antiquated landmark in Alexandria. 


Additionally, The Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa: These burial places were burrowed into the bedrock in the age of the Antonine sovereigns (second century A.D.) for a solitary well off family actually rehearsing the antiquated religion. As a secretly supported project, it is a designing accomplishment of some greatness. These burial chambers address the last existing significant development for the old Egyptian religion. They are distant from everyone else worth the outing to Alexandria. However the funerary themes are unadulterated antiquated Egyptian, the modelers and craftsmen were educated in the Greco-Roman style. Applied to the subjects of Old Egyptian religion, it has brought about an astonishing incorporated workmanship, very not at all like anything more on the planet.


A winding flight of stairs drops a few levels profound into the ground, with little houses of prayer opening from it, outfitted with seats to oblige guests or grievers bringing contributions. There are specialties patterns to hold stone caskets.




Ending up with The Roman Theater (Kom Al-Dikka): More than 30 years of exhuming have revealed numerous Roman remaining parts including this very much safeguarded performance center with exhibitions, areas of mosaic-ground surface and marble seats for up to 800 onlookers. In Ptolemaic times, this region was the Recreation area of Dish and a joy garden. The theater at one point might have been roofed over to act as an Odeon for melodic exhibitions.



The Roman Theater (Kom Al-Dikka)

credit: unknown 



Engravings propose that it was now and again likewise utilized for wrestling challenges. The theater remained with thirteen semi-roundabout levels of white marble that was imported from Europe. 

Its sections are of green marble imported from Asia Minor, and red rock imported from Aswan. The wings on one or the other side of the stage are brightened with 

mathematical mosaic clearing. The dusty dividers of the channels, from diving in the upper east side of the Odeon, are layered with phenomenal measures of potsherds. Going down out of the Kom, you can see the significant curves and dividers in stone, the block of the Roman showers, and the remaining parts of Roman houses.



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