Alexander the Great’s Egypt: Crowning a God | Egyptian History

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When Alexander the Great marched into Egypt, he was hailed not as an invader but as a liberator — a foreign king crowned Pharaoh. But after his death, one of his generals would seize more than just power. Ptolemy I claimed Egypt and Alexander’s legacy, founding the Ptolemaic Dynasty. The kingdom that built the Library of Alexandria, the Pharos Lighthouse, and shaped the Hellenistic world for centuries to come.

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