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City (metro. area pop., 1996: 3,328,196) and chief seaport, northern Egypt .
It lies on a strip of land between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Mareotis. The ancient island of Pharos, whose lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the World , is now a peninsula connected to the mainland. Alexandria's modern harbour is west of the peninsula. The city was founded in 332 BC by Alexander the Great and was noted as a centre of Hellenistic culture. Its library (destroyed early centuries AD) was the greatest in ancient times; a new library was opened in 2001. The city was captured by the Arabs in AD 640 and by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. After a long period of decline, caused by the rise of Cairo , Alexandria was revived commercially when Museum of Alexandria .
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City (pop., 2000: 128,283), northern Virginia, U.S., on the Potomac River .
The site was settled in 1695, and in 1749 it was named for John Alexander, the land's original grantee. It was part of Washington, D.C., from 1791 to 1847, after which it was ceded back to Virginia. Many colonial buildings survive in "Old Alexandria"; George Washington 's estate, Mount Vernon , is nearby.
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Alexandria Library of
Alexandria Museum of
Catherine of Alexandria Saint
Clement of Alexandria Saint
Ctesibius of Alexandria
Ktesibios of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria Saint
Heron of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria
Hesychius of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria
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