Alexandrea ad Aegyptum : a guide to the ancient and modern town, and to its Graeco-Roman Museum, Evaristo Breccia

 

Breccia was an Italian archaeologist who served as director of the Graeco-Roman Museum from 1904 to 1931. When I was looking for a photo of him I was amused to find a website referring to Breccia as the “Indiana Jones italiano”. He published Alexandrea ad Aegyptum in 1922. 

His desire to revive the glory of the ancient past is evident from the first page:

“As for the elements and nationalities that compose it, it is true to say mutatis mutandis, that the conditions of the Graeco-Roman epoch are closely paralleled; once more Alexandria can be defined as a cosmopolitan city.”