Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

The story of Greeks in Alexandria goes back more than two millennia, when Alexander the Great established the city.

The historic city, known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and housing the ancient Library of Alexandria, has witnessed 280 buildings collapsing in the past 20 years, owing to coastal erosion.

In this programme, we’ll be looking into the hidden life of the library, including one of the most famous, the Great Library of Alexandria, founded in ancient Egypt in around 285 BCE.

Photo contributed William "Buddy" Evans, at left, Otto Tucker, Edward Gaddis, Morris L. Murray and Clarence "Buck" Strange are escorted by police out of the “whites only” Alexandria Library on ...

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It's also 2 km from the modernist Library of Alexandria. The antiques-filled rooms feature gilded walls and hand-decorated high ceilings, as well as free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. Most have ...