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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Abu Mena
  • WHL
Alexandria Library
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
Kom Ash Shuqqafa Catacombs
  • 1001 Hist

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1832/08/00 The French paddle ship SPHINX sails to Alexandria to rendezvous with the barge LOUQSOR and the "Obelisque de Louxor". Obelisque de Louxor (sculpture)
1866/11/27 Charles Hale US Consul-general Charles Hale arrests John Surratt in Alexandria, Egypt. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1866/11/27 John Surratt Conspirator Charles Hale arrests John Surratt in Alexandria, Egypt. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1937/00/00 Daphne Du Maurier Author Pregnant with her second child, Daphne Browning, wife of Frederick Browning an officer in the Grenadine Guards, begins writing "Rebeca" in Alexandria, Egypt. She will tear up her initial 15,000 word draft. Rebecca (book)

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Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Miramar (book) Novella Naguib Mahfouz "Miramar" is set in 1960s Alexandria at the pension Miramar.
Thais Book Anatole France Paphnuce, a hermit of the Egyptian desert, travels to Alexandria to find "Thais".

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