A view of Port of Alexandria in the Nile Delta between the Mediterranean Sea and Mariut Lake in Alexandria, Egypt. Built in 1900 BCE, it is one of the oldest ports in the world, but over the centuries sand and silt deposits made the port unnavigable. It was cleared by forces under the command of Alexander the Great in 331 BC as part of the construction of Alexandria city to be the marine base for his fleet. Alexander's engineer Dinocrat linked the port of Alexandria and the island of Pharos with a bridge creating two harbour basins for commercial and military shipping. In the Ptolemy era a se
A view of Port of Alexandria in the Nile Delta between the Mediterranean Sea and Mariut Lake in Alexandria, Egypt. Built in 1900 BCE, it is one of the oldest ports in the world, but over the centuries sand and silt deposits made the port unnavigable. It was cleared by forces under the command of Alexander the Great in 331 BC as part of the construction of Alexandria city to be the marine base for his fleet. Alexander's engineer Dinocrat linked the port of Alexandria and the island of Pharos with a bridge creating two harbour basins for commercial and military shipping. In the Ptolemy era a second bridge was built to Pharos, further dividing the eastern harbour into two separate inlets.
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Location: Alexandria Port, Egypt
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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