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Then, after Alexander’s death in 323 b.c. , Cleomenes took control of the country under the name Ptolemy I. The new city of Alexandria, located on the Mediterranean coast, became the base for the Ptolemaic control of Egypt and the cultural capital of Europe, and Thebes finally lost its influence.
As the 20th century neared its end the Egyptian government sought to revive Alexandria as a center of learning and recreate the Alexandria Library.
Take a right at the square and walk away from the seafront past the tram terminus that links eastern Alexandria with the city center.
The city of Alexandria has no proper beaches but 8 km (5 miles) to the east is Montazah, a resort center with hotels and sandy bays.
Unfortunately all this was lost in a series of earthquakes in the early centuries of the first millennium and Ancient Alexandria now rests below the waters of today’s harbor.