Alexandria an yi imanin cewa Alexander the Great ne ya kafa shi a watan Afrilu na 331 kafin haihuwar Yesu a matsayin <unk>λεξάνδρεια (Alexandreia). Babban masanin Alexander don aikin shine Dinocrates. An yi niyyar Alexandria ne don maye gurbin Naucratis a matsayin cibiyar Hellenistic a Misira, kuma ya zama hanyar haɗi tsakanin Girka da kwarin Nilu mai arziki. Ko da yake an daɗe ana tunanin ƙauye ne kawai a can, kwanan nan radiocarbon kwanan nan na ɓangarorin seashell da gurɓataccen gubar suna nuna mahimmancin ayyukan ɗan adam a wurin shekaru dubu biyu kafin kafuwar Alexandria. Alexandria ita ce cibiyar ilimi da al'adu na tsohuwar duniya na ɗan lokaci. Birnin da gidan kayan tarihinta sun jawo hankalin yawancin manyan malamai, ciki har da Helenawa, Yahudawa da Suriyawa. Daga baya aka sace birnin kuma ya rasa muhimmancinsa.
Ƙasar Alexandria