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Franck Goddio, Catherine Grataloup (pottery): The Caesarium, edited by Damian Robinson, Franck Goddio, "Constructing, Remaking and Dismantling Sacred Landscapes in Lower Egypt from the Late Dynastic to the Early Medieval Period", Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology Monograph, volume 11. University
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in the eastern harbour of Alexandria has added to the knowledge about the Caesareum. An article "The Caesarium", published in 2021, reveals that the groundworks were started prior to the reign of Cleopatra VII. It also considers the building's relationship with the harbour based on ancient texts and
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and Cleopatra in Egypt. He destroyed all traces of Antony in Alexandria, and apparently dedicated the temple to his own cult.
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the position of Cleopatra's Needles and it provides some indications about the siting of the temple itself.
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was murdered at the Caesareum by a Christian mob in 415; they stripped her naked and tore her to pieces.
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Built as a temple; converted to a Christian church (late-4th century) in Alexandria, Egypt
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Conversion of non-Christian religious buildings and structures into churches
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church in the late 4th century, the Caesareum was the headquarters of
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Built as a temple; converted to a Christian church (late-4th century)
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The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300BC to AD 700
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Today, a large statue of the Alexandrine nationalist leader
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Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century BC
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Elements of the temple survived until the 19th century.
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Index

Alexandria
Egypt
Cleopatra VII
Augustus
temple
Alexandria
Egypt
Cleopatra VII
Ptolemaic kingdom
pharaoh
Ancient Egypt
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Augustus
Mark Antony
Christian
Cyril of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria
philosopher
mathematician
Hypatia
Cleopatra's Needles
Central Park
New York City
Thames Embankment
London
Franck Goddio
European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM)
Saad Zaghloul

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