Canopic Way
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The Canopic Way, now known as Tariq al-Hurriyah, was the main street running east-west through the center of ancient Alexandria, Egypt. This principal thoroughfare was a key part of the city's Hellenistic design, with most major Ptolemaic and Roman monuments located nearby. The street intersected with the Street of the Soma, near the legendary site of Alexander the Great's tomb and the famous Library of Alexandria. The ancient city of Canopus, a center for ointment production and a resort town, was located on the western coast of the Nile River delta, near Alexandria.1
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