Alexandria Gallery

Lighthouse at Pharos at the entrance of the harbour of Alexandria

Lighthouse at Pharos at the entrance of the harbour of Alexandria - One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.'nThe lighthouse was built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, during the reign Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( 280 - 247 BC ) which has been estimated to be 100 metres ( 330 ft ) in overall height
Original edition from my own archives
Source : Illustrierte Welt 1876 now in public domain

© Ralf Hettler

Saint Catherines Monastery, Sinai, Egypt, wood engraving, published in 1855

Saint Catherine's Monastery. The today Greek Orthodox monastery in Sinai in Egypt was founded in 548 - 565 and is the oldest still inhabited monastery of Christianity. Wood engraving, published in 1855

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Anti-British First Day Cover - Port Said Raid - Suez Crisis

Anti-British Egyptian First Day Cover (printed in Alexandria) - critical of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis - November, 1956. The aim of the conflict was to regain Western control of the Suez Canal, removing Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated the United Kingdom and France and strengthened Nasser. Date: 1956

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection