Alexandria: The Greatest City

Name: Alexandria: The Greatest City
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.7

About Alexandria: The Greatest City

Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks at the role of astronomer and philosopher Hypatia, and incorporates stunning footage from the feature film 'Agora'.

Nick Gillam-Smith's Alexandria: The Greatest City is a 2010 documentary film. Its themes are ancient history, alexandria egypt, and alexander the great.

Bettany Hughes plays Self - Presenter. It runs 48 minutes and was released in June 2010.

In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Magellan TV.