'the two flags', IPA: [elʕælæˈmeːn] ⓘ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt.

The town is located on the site of the ancient city Antiphrai which was built by the Romans.

[1] There are Italian and German military cemeteries on Tel el-Eisa Hill outside the town.

The cemetery entrance is through the Alamein Memorial and there is also a separate Alamein Cremation Memorial to 603 Commonwealth service personnel who died in Egypt and Libya and were cremated in line with their religion.

Two important World War II battles were fought in the area: Media related to El Alamein at Wikimedia Commons