26/41.- Alexandria, Midan Gomhuiyya market

In this photo you can see some turkeys and ducks for sale in a street stand in the Gomhuiyya market.

Let's learn something else about the fascinating history of Alexandria. After the death of Cleopatra, Octavian increased the taxes as a punishment and moved the capital of Egypt to Nicopolisiles, East of Alexandria. During this period the first immigrants arrived to the city and new Jewish and Greek communities were formed. In the following years a new religion was introduced in the country: Christianity. The first apostle of the new religion in Alexandria was st markus, who died in 62 AD while protesting against the worship of SerApis. More than 144,000 Christians would die during the Roman prosecution of this new religion, Among others Saint Menas, Saint Catherine, and Saint Peter of Alexandria. The martyrdom lasted a couple of centuries. In 312 the Roman emperor Constantine adapted Christianity as the official Roman religion.

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