The Lighthouse of Alexandria: Wonder of the Ancient World I SLICE HISTORY

In the 4th century BC, when Alexander the Great discovered the place that would later become Alexandria, it was a simple fishing village on a coastal lagoon, surrounded by marshes. Yet it was there that the conqueror, Alexander the Great set out to build the most dazzling and most cosmopolitan of ancient great cities. Built from nothing, the city with its perfectly geometric design, would rise as one gigantic block from the land, and become home to up to 1 million people. Its avant-garde style would revolutionise ancient urban design. Ideally situated between two "seas", between two worlds, between the East and the West, Alexandria would become the market place of the Mediterranean world. Its unique location would bring it great wealth and allow the building of incomparable structures: the Great Library, veritable centre of universal knowledge, the splendid Serapeum, and the monumental Lighthouse of Alexandria, ready to illuminate the world for centuries to come. Feast your eyes on a reconstruction of the mega-city and its amazing buildings. Once upon a time, Alexandria was built… Documentary : Megapolis, the ancient world revealed : Alexandria (2020) Directed by : Fabrice Hourlier Production : Indigènes Production #documentary #freedocumentary #history #megapolis #alexandria #architecture #serapeum #library #publiclibrary #serapis