Here are a couple of maps, and an artist's rendition of what the streets may have looked like:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/alexandriamap.jpg)
http://www.esotericquest.org/egypt/wp-c ... 2/map3.jpg
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/alexandriatopographic.jpg)
http://www.alexanderstomb.com/main/imag ... os1888.jpg
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/streets.jpg)
http://www.spaciousplanet.com/images/wo ... 37791.jpeg
And here is our buildsite:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/alexandriabuildsite.jpg)
My pet part of this project is the Library. It should be fairly simple to render into blocks:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/library.jpg)
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/introtogr ... libext.jpg
and the interior:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/libraryint2.jpg)
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egyp ... -sagan.jpg
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/libraryinterior.jpg)
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egyp ... cosmos.jpg
Here is the remains of the Library at Celsus, which I think would have been a contemporary:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/librarycelsus.jpg)
http://michaeldceci.files.wordpress.com ... c_0498.jpg
And of course, Cleopatra's Needles:
![Image](http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/thesugareater/alexandria/cleopatrasneedles.gif)
http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/IMAGE ... belisk.jpg
Aside from the topography and the Obelisk, this is all the work of archeaologists and artists. Also our site isn't a perfect match, so we've got some wiggle room. I want to do Alexandria between the time of Alexander (the Great) and Cleopatra, so it will be mostly egyptian and greek architecture. I'll add buildings as my architect (Devov) works them up, and when we know how many we want, I'll work on the street plan. Materials will be predominantly sandstone and smooth stone half-slabs.
I've taken out a small loan, and will buy all of your sand. I'm not adverse to digging it up myself, however, so don't bother trying to corner the market and raise prices. I'm told 1 coin for 2 stacks is fair trade.
See you when bukkit updates!