Anthony Hirst

Alexandria: Real and Imagined - Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2006 - xxx, 401 p., 23 cm

Dedicated to the memory of Constantine Leventis (1938-2002).

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Alexandria--Mosaics
Alexandria--Cultural identity
Alexandria--Papyri--Roman Alexandria
Second Sophistic--Writings--Alexandria
Kawm al-Shufaqa (necropolis)--Bilingual iconography--Alexandria
Jews and Christians--Alexandria--From the Ptolemies to Caracalla
Alexandria Library--History--Alexandria
Alexandria--Venetian merchants--Venetian travellers
Alexandria--Literary image
Constantine Petrou Photiades Cavafy--Alexandria
Alexandria--Social history
Alexandria--Poetry
Alexandria--Environment--Health--Disease