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History of Alexandria, Egypt: search the archive, read articles, find events and prints.
Remote server: your requests and data go to www.alexandria-archive.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http alexandria-archive https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_archive — Search historical photographs, documents, maps, articles, and events of the Alexandria Archive. Query can be Arabic or English (e.g. 'Stanleget_article — Read one published article by numeric id, with Arabic/English text, attribution and metadata. Verified search and answer readers receive fullist_recent_articles — List the most recently published articles (id, title, excerpt, date, URL).list_institutions — List museums, libraries, archives and other institutions that publish their collections on the Alexandria Archive. Returns name, type, item get_institution — Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical Ulist_upcoming_events — List the Alexandria Archive's upcoming events — heritage walks, workshops, talks — soonest first, with date, place, price in Egyptian poundslist_store_products — List products on sale in the Alexandria Archive's store — prints, books and gifts about the city — with price in Egyptian pounds and the proget_licensing_info — Explain how an image or document from the Alexandria Archive may be reused or licensed (publication, broadcast, commercial use), and where tNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.