In Mercy Street Revealed's first blog post, McPherson provides background on the Union occupation of Alexandria and the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. On May 24, 1861, Union ...

In Alexandria during the Second World War it ... down with all the states of occupation of the city. So Mamluk, Byzantine, Roman, Greek and so on. In the water it's completely different.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II, a ...

Alexandria’s Sufis observed Ramadan in the City of Saints ... to transfer his shrine as part of a plan to facilitate the flow ...

Alexandria’s Sufis observed Ramadan in the ... as part of a plan to facilitate the flow of traffic during the British occupation of Egypt was struck down with sudden paralysis.