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Reunion in Seaside Alexandria
We embark on the great Egyptian road trip with our travel family. Our driver, Kamel, weaves through heavy traffic as we leave Cairo and hit the highway toward Alexandria. A security guard (a different one every day, as provided for us by the Egyptian government) sits in the passenger seat. Hamada and Shaimaa accompany us to Alexandria and then …
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"Finished... closed"
... people are taught in the schools of Alexandria. "Finished," we were told when trying to take pictures of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina last night. "Closed," we were told when trying to enter the Graeco-Roman Museum earlier today. Hand ...
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Bibliotheca alexandrina
La fameuse bibliothèque d'alexandrie n'est plus mais une nouvelle a été construite a 100m du site antique. La ville compte sur cet ouvrage pour retrouver sa place culturelle dans le ...
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The Pearl of the Mediterranean
... fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, built upon the ruins of the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Overlooking the sea coast too is the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It was inaugurated near the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria. ...
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Day 3- Amazing Alexandria
... check it out at http://www.bibalex.org/English/Overview/overview.htm The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is ...
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what does jennifer aniston have to do with it?
... ; we continued the trip to alexandria and arrived late afternoon. i really wanted to visit the alexandria library http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina and it was worth the trip. first, it's enormous. it's a tremendous architectural ...
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For the Love of Books
... libraries in the ancient world and had the Lighthouse which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Bibliotheca Alexandrina: the new library. The architecture is wonderful and creative and its right along the coast. Inside there ...
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Egypt
... way to the restaurant, which had a beautiful panoramic view of the beach and harbor. After lunch, we were taken to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. On our guided tour, we learned that this is one of the world's largest libraries, second only to the library ...
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Scenic Alexandria
... World War II over the tomb of a 13th century holy man, who is patron saint of the city’s fishermen. 3. Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a monumental project that began with an appealing idea: to resurrect the Great Library of Alexandria, which was once ...
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Day 84: Alexandria & Train to Aswan
... we end up being on internet for a long time…! We motivated ourselves to get out of the hotel and walked to Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It was a beautiful and impressive library but you have to pay 45LE to get in if you are non-Egyptian!!! ...
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