Egyptian license plate from Alexandria (private vehicle) |
Alexandria tollbooth on the Alex Desert Highway from Cairo |
Alexandria in Greek and Arabic |
Debbie and her first (of many) Egyptian donkey |
Graeco-Roman Museum, closed for renovation |
University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine |
Alexandria Univeristy Medical Campus |
Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy |
Alexander the Great Street |
Alexandria tram |
Antique car on the streets of Alexandria |
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria |
Qaitbey Citadel, Alexandria |
Qaitbey Citadelle was built by the Ottomans in 1477 on the site of the Pharos |
Qaitbey Citadel |
Qaitbey Citadel 1477 |
Qaitbey Citadel 824 A.H. |
Qaitbey Citadel |
Qaitbey Citadel |
Qaitbey Citadel |
Mediterranean Sea coast near Qaitbey Citadel |
Fishermen near Qaitbey, Alexandria |
Greek Maritime Club, Alexandria |
Pharos Scenic Path |
Alexandria taxi parked in front of the huge mosaic depicting the eras of Egyptian history |
This building sized mosaic is between the Egyptian Yacht Club and the Pharos Restaurant |
Mosaic detail - Minarets |
Mosaic detail - Mosque |
Mosaic detail - Octapus |
Mosaic detail - Ancient Egypt |
Mosaic detail - Taweret, the Hippopotamus, goddess of goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children |
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Mosaic detail - Ancient Egypt |
Mosaic detail - Min, god of fertility on the left |
Mosaic detail - Taweret and Ra |
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Mosaic detail - Graeco-Roman period |
Mosaic detail - Graeco-Roman period |
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Mohammed Saeed Fars mosque at the end of the Alexandria Corniche |
President Hosni Mubarak overlooking the roundabout at the end of the Alexandria Corniche |
3-sided mosaic monument - Greek civilization |
3-sided mosaic monument - Islamic civilization |
3-sided mosaic monument - Ancient Egyptian civilization |
Another large mosaic along the Alexandria Corniche |
Sailing ship mosaic, Alexandria Corniche |
Oversized fish mosaic and the Mohammed Saeed Fars mosque, Alexandria Corniche |
Fishing boats moored off the Alexandria Corniche |
Small wooden boat pulled up alongside the Corniche, Alexandria |
Fishing boats, Alexandria |
Colorful wooden boat, Alexandria |
Colorful wooden boat, Alexandria |
Colorful wooden boat, Alexandria |
Caleche, a horse-drawn carriage for tourists along the Corniche |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Kids in the park behind the Abu Abbas al-Mursi mosque |
They do tricks |
The handstander |
Friendly kids in Alexandria |
It was fine until the big kid dropped the little kid |
A small mosque in the park behind Abu Abbas al-Mursi |
Allah |
Another large mosque in Anfushi |
Another large mosque in Anfushi |
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Anfushi apartment block |
Banque Misr |
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This submerged sphinx has recently been moved to a new museum |
Dive Alexandra can show you underwater antiquties |
Modern replica of a sphinx at Alexandra Dive |
The same sphinx with flash |
Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 (soccer) |
Alexandria's waterfront |
Sharia Faransa at night, Alexandria |
Vegetable stand on Sharia Faransa, Alexandria |
Ibrahim Balbal Jewellers, Sharia Faransa |
Main road outside the Souq Zan'et el-Sittat |
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Souq Zan'et el-Sittat - the "Stampede of Women Market" |
Souq Zan'et el-Sittat |
Egyptian Coptic Church, Alexandria |
Nativity scene at an Egyptian Coptic Church |
Guy near the church in Alexandria |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Midan Orabi |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Midan Orabi |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
Don't eat at Nassar restaurant on the Corniche - it's a rip off |
Bilingual Arabic-French street sign, Rue Abbas Mahmoud El Akkad |
Debbie driving the Caleche along the Alexandria Corniche |
Poor, poor Anton! |
Alexandria's Masr train station |
Alexandria's Masr train station |
El-Iskendariyya, Alexandria in Arabic |
Train at Masr Station, Alexandria |
Egyptian locomotive |
Alexandria's Sidi Gaber Station |
Debbie in 2nd Class on the Turbotrain to Cairo |
Outskirts of Alexandria |
The green of the Nile Delta |
These odd towers are for birds |
Nile Delta |
Nile Delta |
Mosque in a Delta town |
Smokestacks of brickworks rising above green fields in the Nile Delta |
Nile Delta town |
Nile Delta town |
Nile Delta town |
Crossing one of the main branches of the Nile in the Delta |
Pedestrians walking along the tracks |
Model of Ancient Alexandria, American Museum of Natural History |