Day tour to Alexandria by vehicle

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 24, 2011 -- Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as (Alex
jndreia). Alexander's chief architect for the project was Dinocrates. Alexandria
was intended to supersede Naucratis as a Hellenistic center in Egypt, and to be
the link between Greece and the rich Nile Valley. An Egyptian city, Rhakotis,
already existed on the shore, and later gave its name to Alexandria in the
Egyptian language (Egyptian written 'That which is built up'). It continued to
exist as the Egyptian quarter of the city. A few months after the foundation,

Alexander left Egypt and never returned to his city. After Alexander's departure,
his viceroy, Cleomenes, continued the expansion. Following a struggle with the
other successors of Alexander, his general Ptolemy succeeded in bringing
Alexander's body to Alexandria.
Although Cleomenes was mainly in charge of overseeing Alexandria's
continuous development, the Heptastadion and the mainland quarters seem to
have been primarily Ptolemaic work. Inheriting the trade of ruined Tyre and
becoming the centre of the new commerce between Europe and the Arabian and

Indian East, the city grew in less than a generation to be larger than Carthage.
In a century, Alexandria had become the largest city in the world and, for some
centuries more, was second only to Rome. It became Egypt's main Greek city,
with Greek people from diverse backgrounds.
Alexandria was not only a centre of Hellenism, but was also home to the largest
Jewish community in the world. The Septuagint, a Greek translation of the
Hebrew Bible, was produced there. The early Ptolemies kept it in order and
fostered the development of its museum into the leading Hellenistic center of

learning (Library of Alexandria), but were careful to maintain the distinction of its
population's three largest ethnicities: Greek, Jewish, and Egyptian. From this
division arose much of the later turbulence, which began to manifest itself under
Ptolemy Philopater who reigned from 221–204 BC. The reign of Ptolemy VIII
Physcon from 144–116 BC was marked by purges and civil warfare.
The city passed formally under Roman jurisdiction in 80 BC, according to the will
of Ptolemy Alexander, but only after it had been under Roman influence for more
than a hundred years. It was captured by Julius Caesar in 47 BC during a

Roman intervention in the domestic civil war between king Ptolemy XIII and his
advisers, and the fabled queen Cleopatra VII. It was finally captured by Octavian,
future emperor Augustus on 1 August 30 BC, with the name of the month later
being changed to August to commemorate his victory.[
In AD 115, large parts of Alexandria were destroyed during the Kitos War, which
gave Hadrian and his architect, Decriannus, an opportunity to rebuild it. In 215,
the emperor Caracalla visited the city and, because of some insulting satires
that the inhabitants had directed at him, abruptly commanded his troops to put

to death all youths capable of bearing arms. On 21 July 365, Alexandria was
devastated by a tsunami (365 Crete earthquake), an event still annually
commemorated 17 hundred years later as a "day of horror."[4] In the late 4th
century, persecution of pagans by newly Christian Romans had reached new
levels of intensity. In 391, the Patriarch Theophilus destroyed all pagan temples
in Alexandria under orders from Emperor Theodosius I. The Brucheum and
Jewish quarters were desolate in the 5th century. On the mainland, life seemed
to have centred in the vicinity of the Serapeum and Caesareum, both of which

became Christian churches. The Pharos and Heptastadium quarters, however,
remained populous and were left intact

Tour Itinerary
OneSkyToursEgypt representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo at 7 am going towards Alexandria where you will start your Alexandria day trip by visiting Pompey's Pillar, According to the ancient sources, was the work of a Greek architect in the naos a finely made statue of serapis, inlaid with precious stones, was installed.

The building, according to the historians, was one of the best houses of worship build in the Greek style in the Qait Bey's Fort Constructed by Sultan Al Ashraf Qait Bey, a Mameluke ruler of the Egypt on the site of the old pharos Kom Elshokafa Tomb Dates back to the late first century and the early second century A.D., the tomb was excavated in 1900.
They consist of three store rock -cut beginning at street level with a spiral stair. Then the day tour continues with a sightseeing tour to Montazah Palace,The palace was built on area of 370 feddans in the form of separate buildings originally as a summer house resort for the ex-royal family. the gardens are nicely decorated with many trees.
The Ancient library of Alexandria is The ancient library in history. It was not only an important library. but also the center of learning and scientific research for the ancient world.

and a destination for scholars from all over the Mediterranean and beyond . After you finish watching all this sights, having free time walking round the city and back to your hotel in Cairo.




Tour Includes
*Pick up services from your hotel and return.
*All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
*Private guide.
*Lunch in a restaurant with open buffet (Fish, Chicken, and Beef).
*Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
*Mineral water on board the vehicle during the tour.
*All service charges & taxes.


Tour Excludes
*Personal expenses.
*Any extras not mentioned above.
*Tips.

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