TY - BOOK AU - McKenzie,Judith TI - The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 SN - 9780300170948 (pbk.) : AV - NA216.A5 M45 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven, Conn. PB - Yale University Press KW - Architecture, Ancient KW - Egypt KW - Alexandria KW - Architecture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-444) and index; pt. 1. The setting. How ancient Alexandria was lost -- Reconstructing the plan of ancient Alexandria : the archaeological evidence -- pt. 2. Ptolemaic period. Ptolemaic Alexandria : buildings erected from the late fourth century to the mid-first century BC -- Cleopatra's Alexandria, and the Roman conquest -- Classical architectural style of Ptolemaic Alexandria and its depiction -- Traditional Egyptian architecture -- pt. 3. Roman period. Classical architecture in the cities and towns of Roman Egypt -- Roman Alexandria -- Classical architectural style of Roman Alexandria and Egypt -- pt. 4. Late antique (Byzantine) period. The churches of late antique Alexandria : the written sources -- Church buildings in late antique Egypt : the archaeological evidence -- Architectural scholarship and education in Alexandria -- Influence of Alexandria on Byzantine architecture outside Egypt -- Pictorial tradition of Alexandrian architecture in Byzantine and early Islamic art ER -