But what many don’t know is that Alexandria, which lies about 136 miles northwest of Cairo, actually once stood as Egypt’s capital ... made structures in the world and one of the Seven Wonders ...

Alexandria is a city of turning points. When it was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., near an existing Egyptian settlement, the port city represented Egypt's absorption into Greco ...

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World ... he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day ...

Once a rare occurrence, building collapses in Alexandria—one of the world's oldest cities ... First, they created a detailed digital map using geographic information system technology to ...