Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, he by martial art ceased the funeral train headed for Macedonia and "brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs."<ref>[http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]</ref> | Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, he by martial art ceased the funeral train headed for Macedonia and "brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs."<ref>[http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]</ref> |