PART II: GUIDE.

SECTION I: FROM THE SQUARE TO RUE ROSETTE.

The Square 102 Statue of Mohammed Ali 102 Banco di Roma 103 Rue Rosette 104 Mosque of the Prophet Daniel 104 St. Saba 106 Greco-Roman Museum 107

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SECTION II: FROM THE SQUARE TO RAS-EL TIN.

Chorbagi Mosque 124 Terbana Mosque 125 Abou el Abbas Mosque 126 Anfouchi Tombs 126 Ras-el-Tin Palace 129 Prehistoric Harbour 130

Fort Kait Bey (The Pharos) 133

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SECTION III: FROM THE SQUARE TO THE SOUTHERN QUARTERS.

Place St. Catherine 142 Attarine Mosque 143 Old Protestant Cemetery 144 “Pompey’s Pillar” and Temple of Serapis 144 Kom es Chogafa Catacombs 148 Mahmoudieh Canal 151

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SECTION IV: FROM THE SQUARE TO NOUZHA.

Municipal Gardens 154 Antique Tomb (Pompey’s?) 155 French War Memorial 156 Nouzha Gardens 156 Antoniadis Gardens 157 Antique Tomb 157

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SECTION V: FROM THE SQUARE TO RAMLEH.

Caesareum and Cleopatra’s Needles (site of) 161 Abercrombie Monument 165 Abou el Nawatir 165 San Stefano Casino 166 Spouting Rocks 166

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SECTION VI: FROM THE SQUARE TO MEX.

Mex 171 Fort Agame 171

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SECTION VII: ABOUKIR AND ROSETTA.

Montazah 175 Aboukir 176 Canopus 180 Baths of “Cleopatra” 183 Edku 184 Rosetta 185

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SECTION VIII: THE LYBIAN DESERT.

Abousir 191 Burg el Arab 194 St. Menas 195 Wady Natrun 200 Natrun Monasteries 204

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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I: The Modern Religious Communities 211

APPENDIX II: The Death of Cleopatra 214

APPENDIX III: The Uncanonical Gospels of Egypt 217 (extracts)

APPENDIX IV: The Nicene Creed 218

INDEX.

Index 222

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LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS.

De Moncony’s View (1665): _Frontispiece._ Alexandria: Historical Map: 98 Genealogical Tree of Ptolemies: 12 The World according to Eratosthenes: 37 The World according to Claudius Ptolemy: 39 Belon’s View (1554) 83 Plan of Greco-Roman Museum: 108 Anfouchi Tombs: 127 Prehistoric Harbour 131 Kait Bey, Plan I 134 " " Plan II 135 “Pompey’s Pillar” and Temple of Serapis 144 Kom es Chogafa 148 Country round Alexandria 174 Aboukir 178 Abousir 191 St. Menas. Plan I 196 " Plan II 197 Natrun Monasteries. Plan I 202 " " Plan II 203 Map of Alexandria in cover