An outline of people and events including maps of the city -- Around Saad Zaghloul Square including the site of the Caesareum and Cleopatra's needles -- The Eastern Harbor and the Grand Corniche -- Around Midan el Tahrir including the Souk el Attarine -- The Turkish town the Shorbagi, Terbana, Abou el Abbas, and Bouseiri mosques -- Early Ptolemaic tombs at Anfushi -- Fort Qaytbey and the Pharos -- The acropolis of the Ptolemies Pompey's Pillar and the Serapeum -- The Greco-Roman catacombs at Kom el Shogafa and the Tigrane tomb -- The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate -- The Canopic Way including the Cavafy Museum -- The Roman theater and baths excavations at Kom el Dikka -- The Greco-Roman Museum -- The Alexandria National Museum -- The Shallalat Gardens and the Arab walls -- The Christian and Jewish cemeteries -- The search for the tomb of Alexander the Great -- Toward Moharrem Bey and the Nouzha and Antoniadis Gardens -- The Bibliotheca Alexandrina the new Alexandria Library -- Alexandria's Mediterranean seafront including the Chatby and Mustafa Kamel necropolises -- The Royal Jewelry Museum -- Montazah the royal palace and gardens -- Lake Mariut.

written and photographed by Michael Haag