Film
Alexandria: The Greatest City
2010Directed by Nick Gillam-Smith
Where to watch
Stream
- Amazon Prime Video
- Magellan TV
- Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
Free / with ads
- Kanopy
- Released
- Runtime
- 48m
About Alexandria: The Greatest City
- Documentary
Synopsis
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'.
- Director
- Nick Gillam-Smith
