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Alexandria travel guide

a)El Alamein
The name of the town means ?the two flags? and is situated on the northern sea coast in Matruh Governorate. It is 106 km (66 mi) west of Alexandria.
El Alamein has a war museum, The Military Museum, with a collection from the civil war period as well as from other North African battles. The Italian and German Military Cemetery is also open to visitors. It is located just outside the town on Tel el-Eisa Hill. The German Cemetery is an ossuary with the remains of 4,200 German soldiers, built in the style of a medieval fortress. The Italian Cemetery is a mausoleum containing many galleries of tombs. Many of the tombs bear names of soldiers, while many others are simply marked ?IGNOTO?, ?UNKNOWN?.
There is also The Commonwealth War Cemetery with graves of soldiers from many countries who fought on the British Side. Its monuments commemorate Greek, New Zealand, Australian, South African and Indian forces. Note that there are no United States soldiers buried here. The Commonwealth War Cemetery consists of parallel rows of gravestones which is a common characteristic of many such cemeteries throughout the world. Each gravestone bears an engraving of the unit emblem of the deceased soldier, his name, and an epitaph from his family.

b)Rosetta(Rashid City)
Rosetta, or Rashid, is a port city situated on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Founded around 800 AD, it is located 65 km (40 miles) east of Alexandria in Beira governorate. After Alexandria?s decline following the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, Rashid boomed, only to diminish in importance after Alexandria revived. It was a popular tourist destination for the British in 19th century Egypt, renowned for its charming Ottoman mansions, citrus groves, and cleanliness.
The town of Rashid came to be known as Rosette (Rosetta) in the West, being named as such by the French during Napoleon Bonaparte?s campaign in Egypt. The famous Rosetta Stone was discovered by French soldiers in 1799 at near Fort Julien.
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