Alexandria

On our way from Dahab to the Siwa Oasis, we stopped a day in Alexandria. Much less touristic than anywhere else we visited, Alex is definitely a city with an eye on business. Famous for its ancient library, most of old Alex is six meters beneath the current city. When materials of interest are found during rebuilding projects, archeologists must fight to be allowed time to explore or preserve, and so much of the current excavation occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.






A new library was built in 2002, a tribute to the ancient one: