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Alexandrian Enigma of Scrolls and Scepters
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- 1. Ancient administrative title for regional governor within the Ptolemaic realm.
- 2. Dynastic lineage intertwining with the city’s Ptolemaic heritage.
- 3. An ancient fortress or bastion, guarding Alexandria’s secrets cryptically.
- 5. Institutional complex hosting scholars, the original hub of Alexandria’s knowledge.
- 6. Eloquent rhetorician immortalized in Alexandria’s learned circles.
- 7. Scholar whose commentaries shaped Alexandrian scientific tradition.
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- 4. Mathematician who first calculated Earth’s circumference from this city.
- 8. Adjective describing the geometry taught in Alexandria’s famed library.
- 9. Type of jar preserving internal organs, reflecting Alexandrian funerary rites.
- 10. Greco-Egyptian deity whose temple crowned the Alexandrian skyline.
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