As part of its mission to document and preserve the tangible heritage, Alex Med constructs models of vanished and endangered buildings. The data used to create these, is obtained from a number of sources including archeological remains and historical documents.
The Pharos of Alexandria
The ancient lighthouse, or Pharos of Alexandria, was erected during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 279–283 BCE. The earliest known description of it was made by the Greek historian ...
The Bourse
The Cotton and Stock Exchange of Alexandria, known as the Bourse, originally dominated the eastern end of the Place des Consuls (later renamed Mohamed Ali Square). On 26 July 1956, it ...
Taposiris Magna
The town of Taposiris Magna, known in Arabic as Abu Sir, was founded in around 280–270 BCE by Ptolemy II Philadelphus about 45 kilometers to the west of Alexandria along the ...
The Mosque of One Thousand Columns
It is believed that the site of this mosque was once occupied by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and is where a group of Jewish scholars translated the ...
Ancient Alexandria
This scale model of ancient Alexandria is based upon the 1866 map by Mahmoud El Falaki. The streets are laid out in a grid pattern. The two main arteries are the ...
Saint Catherine Cistern
As Alexandria lacked a reliable fresh water supply, underground cisterns were built, which were replenished annually by the Nile floodwaters distributed through the city's aqueducts. The Saint Catherine Cistern is an ...
The Roman House
This is a reconstruction of a typical Roman house dating from the fourth century CE. This house, situated in Kom El Dikka, was located near public buildings including an amphitheater, baths, ...
The Serapeum
The Serapeum was built during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BCE), on a hill to the west of the city just outside the ancient Ptolemaic city boundary, in what ...