Alexandria

Alexander the Great's city on the Mediterranean, once the most brilliant in the world, home to the greatest library of antiquity and to the Pharos lighthouse. Most of the ancient Greek city is drowned or buried, but Alexandria still faces its sea: a vast new library rises on the harbour, a lone granite column and underground catacombs mark the ancient town, and a harbour fort stands on the site of the lost wonder. Read a city that remembers being the centre of the world, at your own pace.