- Alexandria History Guide [IA][Direct] -
From the founding through the Ptolemaic, Roman, Arab, and Modern eras.
- Alexandria: The Ptolemaic Dynasty [IA][Direct] -
Background on this ancient city's history.
- Hellenic Alexandria [IA][Direct] -
Project of the Hellenic Community of Alexandria (EKA) and the Hellenic Electronic Center to highlight the Hellenic cultural presence which the city has always known.
- History of Alexandria [IA][Direct] -
From Alex-Guide, an online guide to city.
- Infoplease: Alexandria [IA][Direct] -
Contains historical overview and links.
- NOVA: Treasures of the Sunken City [IA][Direct] -
Learn how a French archaeologist and his team discovered the Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, just offshore from the modern city of Alexandria, Egypt.
- Tale of Three Cities [IA][Direct] -
National Geographic project explores two millennia of urban life in pictures and text: focusing on Alexandria, Egypt in 1 A.D.; Cordoba, Spain in 1000 A.D., and New York City in the year 2000.
- Time: Alexandria Rising [IA][Direct] -
Vast fragmentary figures retrieved from the Mediterranean seabed reveal the richness of a nearly-forgotten city of the ancient world.
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