By the time we got to the catacombs, the kids were already getting the idea that Alexandria sat at the crossroads of three great civilizations, Egyptian, Greek and Roman. The Catacombs...

Kom el Dikka sounded familiar because it is also the name of the Agri-lodge where we booked many of our activities when we stayed in Tunis Village in the Fayoum Oasis. I was surprised...

When Dina told us about the Graeco-Roman Museum, we were eager to visit because it would provide the perfect segway from our exploration of Ancient Egypt to the next stop on our trip,...

The Citadel of Qaitbay was built from 1477 to 1479 by the Mamluk Sultan QaitBay to defend Alexandria from the Crusaders. It was built on the site of the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria,...

Our first stop after lunch was to the New Library of Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which is Latin for Library of Alexandria. The library was opened in 2002 and is completely...

We hadn’t planned on going to Alexandria but the further south we traveled, deeper into Upper Egypt, the more “Alexandria” kept popping up in every conversation. The old adage, “All...