ABSTRACT
Although Alexander was Egypt’s ruler for nine years, his temple building was almost non-existent. There is no surprise in this since his energies were directed initially at one mighty project, namely the founding of the great city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean, which he wished to make pre-eminent in the Greek-dominated world. But his residence in Egypt was brief. Placing the country in the hands of his two highest officials, Alexander left to continue the expansion of his empire: he was never to return, dying of a fever in Babylon in 323 bc.
