- Hardcover: 150 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (7 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 3763245898
- ISBN-13: 978-3763245895
- ASIN: 0297821806
- Product Dimensions: 31.3 x 26.9 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,146,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lost in the 4th century AD when a series of earthquakes submerged the city beneath the sea,Alexander lived on in myth and legend.Established by Alexander the Great in 300 BC it was for centuries the hub of mediterranean trade and a landmark of scholarly.
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AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT
23 Dec 2000
Format:Hardcover
I have seriously studied ancient history and archeology for over thirty years. I have rarely come upon a book in the field that compares with ALEXANDRIA: THE SUNKEN CITY in combining visual pleasure and intellectual illumination with literary brilliance and grace. This book is an amazing achievement.
A breathlessly silly book, but some good photographs
22 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
Many of the underwater photographs are interesting, and some make a great impression, but the text of this book is of the lowest order -- silly, gabbling, breathless, not at all as if by an informed and serious writer. No stars for the author. Nor for the editors and publishers who went for trash when they should have aimed for gold.
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Mysterious World Recommended Book
6 Oct 2003
Format:Hardcover
Alexandria: The Sunken City is an top-quality photographic essay of Jean-Yves Empereur's 1995 underwater expedition off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. There, Empereur and crew found a gold mine of archaeological artifacts, including massive stone sculptures, pillars covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics, and even numerous sphinxes. This now-submerged part of ancient Egyptian history is considered to be one of the greatest archaeological finds of the twentieth century, and Alexandria: The Sunken City covers the subject well in a simply written, lavishly illustrated coffee-table-sized book that is a must have for anyone interested in underwater archaeology, Egyptology, the ancient history of the Mediterranean, and related disciplines.
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