Alexandria in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

📚

The ancient library is gone and the argument about how continues. A new one opened on roughly the site in 2002.

🗼

The Pharos lighthouse was one of the seven wonders. Earthquakes brought it down and its stones went into the fort on the same spot.

🐟

The fish market sells the morning catch and the restaurants behind it cook whatever you carry in.

🏛️

Pompey's Pillar and the catacombs are what is left at ground level of the Greek and Roman city.

🌊

Part of the royal quarter, including what may be Cleopatra's palace, is underwater in the eastern harbour.

Alexandria at a glance

Country

Egypt

Coordinates

31.20° N, 29.92° E

First played

23 July 2026

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Alexandria.