Egypt6 min read2022
Dateline December 3, 2022, Alexandria
Back in Cairo after the cruise, we drove up to Alexandria, the Paris of antiquity, where Egyptian, Greek, and Roman worlds meet. Down in the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, one of the Seven Wonders of the medieval world, the three cultures are carved into a single stone. Then Pompey's Pillar, and the old and new libraries of Alexandria.
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