Al-Mursi Abul-'Abbas was a Sufi saint from 13th-century Muslim Spain who migrated to Egyptian Alexandria in the last years of his life. His full name was Shahab al-Din Abu-l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Umarom ibn Muhammad al-Ansari al-Mursi. Al-... read more
The Greco-Roman Museum was founded in 1892. The first collections were housed in a five-room flat, in one small building on Rosetta Street (later renamed Kanope Avenue, today's Horria). In 1895, the collection was moved to another building nea... read more
Archaeologists believe that the catacombs of Kom el-Shukaf began to be developed as a necropolis in the 2nd century BC and continued to be used for 200 years. This period in Alexandria's history is characterised by a mixture of different cultu... read more
The Library of Alexandria was built in 2002 next to the harbour in the ancient city centre. The 11-storey building holds more than 4 million copies of books; in the future, its space can be expanded to 8 million through the use of compact storage.... read more
