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Abstract
This analytical study aims to show the significance of water in the Ptolemaic city‘s plan through the analysis of several archaeological sites and written sources indicating that the site of Alexandria was not chosen at random by Alexander the Great. There were a deeper view and understanding of the site and what it could offer, which benefited from pre-Hellenistic traditions for the city‘s plan. Alexandria was a huge cosmopolitan and growing city during the Hellenistic era and a very highly populated city like this should have specific resources to provide its inhabitants with all life facilities. One of these major priorities is water which had a great impact on the city‘s richness to launch both commercial and cultural activities. The study is to shed considerable light on how the city overcame the difficulty of freshwater supply despite its distance from the river Nile through digging a canal, Schedia; that survived for centuries. An accurate administrative system was established and developed by Ptolemies to control, guard, and maintain the water resources. Furthermore, the study is to analyze the evolutions of water applications in daily life (its functional and symbolic role into both public and private buildings). It is to provide evidence of cultural interaction between the ancient Egyptians and Greeks in Alexandria in this concern, and how the advance of water technology in Ptolemaic Alexandria had an actual influence on other cities elsewhere whether in Egypt such as Fayoum, the Mediterranean such as Cyprus, and the Ptolemaic settlements in Asia Minor.