After Egypt fell to Roman rule and Cleopatra took her own life, the Romans attempted to erase her story from the pages of history. Today, explorers are on the hunt for the truth from the sands of ...
Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost palace in Alexandria’s royal harbor. The discovery was announced by the ...
Recently excavated pottery is shown Tuesday onboard the Princess Duda research boat, anchored in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. A diver inspects limestone blocks Tuesday that form part of the ruins ...
They lay hidden on the ocean bed for more than 1,000 years, but now the treasures and secrets of an ancient city off the coastline of Egypt are being uncovered. The remains of a massive temple and a ...
Thonis-Heracleion once thrived at the mouth of the Nile, a vibrant city pulsing with trade and ceremony long before Alexandria rose to power in 331 BCE. It stood as Egypt’s main gateway to the ...
Plunging into the waters off Alexandria recently, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks hammered into ...
Archaeological “treasures,” including Greek ceramics and 2,400-year-old wicker baskets filled with fruit, have been discovered at the site of the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, off Egypt’s ...
The Saint Louis Art Museum’s new exhibit explores two ancient cities that were almost erased forever
“‘They were obsessed with death’ is one of the things you hear a lot with Egypt,” says Lisa Çakmak, assistant curator of ancient art at the Saint Louis Art Museum. “If anything, the opposite was true: ...
Strong Mediterranean currents can churn the water near the mouth of the Nile river into a sea of mud. But when divers led by French explorer Franck Goddio plunged overboard into the Bay of Abukir one ...
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