The exhibition at Mucem (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) in Marsiglia provides a fresh perspective on Alexandria, one of the great centres of ancient civilisation, and sheds light on its urban, political and religious organisations. The exhibition also considers contemporary Alexandria, a city marked by constant ecological, social and political erosion, determined by its colonial past and the tumult of globalisation. Art becomes an important instrument to explore the city of today, its complexity and the paradox of its representations, which are marked by a constant back and forth between historical, present and imaginary times.