Late-17th-century builders managed to incorporate bits of ancient Alexandria in the mosque's structure, reusing two classical columns to support the minaret.

As in ancient Alexandria, scientists and doctors have often turned to the disenfranchised when the need for test subjects arises.

The silk road led straight through ancient Alexandria.

The first effective use of alphabetical order as a catalogizing device among scholars may have been in ancient Alexandria.

Although ancient Alexandria sank into the sea, the city continued to flourish as a trading port.

The first part of the book gives a glowing account of the beauties of ancient Alexandria, including the wide streets and the healthy atmosphere.

The name Pharo may be a reference to the famous Pharos lighthouse in ancient Alexandria.

It's a small bronze sculpture, not nine inches tall, the Isadora Duncan of ancient Alexandria.

The scene dissolves to ancient Alexandria, Egypt.

This collecting impulse had its flowering in the famous museum and library of ancient Alexandria.