com.alexandria-archive/archive

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Publisher-provided title

Alexandria Archive

Publisher-provided description

History of Alexandria, Egypt: search the archive, read articles, find events and prints.

Summary by lookupd

Searches and reads a historical archive of Alexandria photos, documents, maps and articles, plus events, prints and reuse licensing info.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http archive https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add archive --url https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "archive": {
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Publisher-provided text

search_archive Search historical photographs, documents, maps, articles, and events of the Alexandria Archive. Query can be Arabic or English (e.g. 'Stanley Bridge', 'كوم الدك
get_article Read one published article by numeric id, with Arabic/English text, attribution and metadata. Verified search and answer readers receive full eligible text and
list_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 count and canonical
get_institution Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical URLs. Use this to ans
list_upcoming_events List the Alexandria Archive's upcoming events — heritage walks, workshops, talks — soonest first, with date, place, price in Egyptian pounds (or free) and the p
list_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 product page. Sales sup
get_licensing_info Explain how an image or document from the Alexandria Archive may be reused or licensed (publication, broadcast, commercial use), and where the request is made.

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