Then, after Alexander's death in 323 b.c. , Cleomenes took control of the country under the name Ptolemy I. The new city of Alexandria, located on the Mediterranean coast, became the base for the Ptolemaic control of Egypt and the cultural capital of Europe, and Thebes finally lost its influence.
Alexandria became the base for Ptolemaic control of Egypt.
The caverns of the Grotte du Grand Roc, to the northwest of Les Eyzies, are a natural rather than a historical phenomenon, but well worth a visit for the weirdly shaped stalagmites and stalactites and the panorama of the V??zyre Valley.