Alexandria City Trivia

Can you guess this trivia about the city of Alexandria, Egypt?
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Military leader who founded Alexandria in 331 BC
Alexander the Great
Sea that Alexandria lies on
Mediterranean Sea
Once one of the largest and most significant of its kind, this building's decline is said to have been the greatest loss of knowledge in history according to myth
Library of Alexandria
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, destroyed by earthquakes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Citadel that was built in the same place as the above (starts with Q)
Citadel of Qaitbay
Alexandria is on the western edge of this river delta
Nile River
Last pharaoh of Egypt, born in Alexandria in 69 BC
Cleopatra VII
The above supposedly let this creature bite and kill her, though it is debated
Asp (Snake)
"Father of Geometry" who lived and worked in Alexandria
Euclid
Actor born in Alexandria as Michel Dimitri Chalhoub
Omar Sharif
Pillar at the remains of the Serapeum of Alexandria
Pompey's Pillar
Famous stone discovered in 1799 about 35 miles northeast of Alexandria
Rosetta Stone
Like Paris and Rome, Alexandria has this type of underground burial site
Catacombs
Alexandria is the name of the city and the __________ it is part of
Governorate
Only city in Egypt larger than Alexandria
Cairo
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