Certainly xtians stole pagan sites and converted them to their own use. No doubt about that.
Alexandria was heavily damaged in 365...and there were additional seismic and political issues (not the least being the muslim conquest) but the city was not destroyed. Tectonic changes seem to have led to a permanent change in the city's shoreline.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-histo...dria-egypt
As noted, in 1995 a French archaeological team diving in what is now the harbor found evidence of the royal compound under water. The Pharos Lighthouse was originally built on a small island just off the coast that to which Alexander built a mole to form the harbor. The mole was destroyed, too.
Alexandria was heavily damaged in 365...and there were additional seismic and political issues (not the least being the muslim conquest) but the city was not destroyed. Tectonic changes seem to have led to a permanent change in the city's shoreline.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-histo...dria-egypt
As noted, in 1995 a French archaeological team diving in what is now the harbor found evidence of the royal compound under water. The Pharos Lighthouse was originally built on a small island just off the coast that to which Alexander built a mole to form the harbor. The mole was destroyed, too.
