The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt 300 B.C. to A.D. 700

by Judith McKenzie

Book Overview

The first reconstruction of the architecture of ancient Alexandria and Egypt, long believed lost beyond recovery

This masterful history of the monumental architecture of Alexandria, as well as of the rest of Egypt, encompasses an entire millennium--from the city's founding by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. to the years just after the Islamic conquest of A.D. 642. Long considered lost beyond recall, the architecture of ancient Alexandria...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300170947
• ISBN13: 9780300170948
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 11.1"