In 1480, the Sultan of Egypt erected a fort within the lighthouse's ruins, marking the end of the structure. The Lighthouse ...

The ancient ruins of Derhis (modern-day Darazya), located 100 kilometers west of Alexandria near the Gulf of the Arabs, ...

Once pearl of the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt has long been neglected ... of the most famous and largest metropolises of the ancient world. For centuries Alexandria was the center ...

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, with over five million inhabitants. As a political centre in ancient times, the former location of the renowned ancient Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and a ...

One of the ancient submerged cities in the Mediterranean is found in Greece. Stories of submerged cities are as fascinating ...

archaeologists in Egypt found a massive black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, untouched for 2,000 years - and fleet-footed rumour quickly got to work. Could it contain the remains of ancient ...

Alexandria's monumental tombs provide the single richest source of information about the ancient city. They attest both to the diversity and the cohesion of the community, its population's wealth and ...