About 2,000 years later, Martínez recruited the help of a very well-known name in regards to underwater discoveries– Dr.

and the Egyptian Department of Underwater Antiquities, it was this team that uncovered the evidence of an ancient submerged port. The ancient Taposiris Magna Temple, west of Egypt's northern coastal ...

"The port was active during the time of Cleopatra and before at the beginning of the dynasty," noted the archaeologist behind ...

Egyptian archaeologists have unsealed and opened a mysterious granite sarcophagus discovered on a construction site in Alexandria -- only to find the remains of three mummies in a pool of leaked ...

Climate change-induced seawater intrusions are hastening the collapse of buildings in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria — posing threats similar to those challenging coastal California, a ...

Our knowledge of the ancient world could be rewritten following a shock new claim about Alexander the Great. The Egyptian city of Alexandria – Alexander's most famous relic – was in fact not founded ...

“But libraries, museums, and schools are fragile institutions; they cannot long survive violent assaults. A way of life was dying.” That quote is from Stephen Greenblatt’s book “The Swerve.” He’s ...

Christianity’s origins are found in many places, including Egypt, where Coptic Christianity flourished shortly after the death of Jesus. Pagan PastFrescoes of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Apostles, ...

ALEXANDRIA— At first glance, the once vibrant fishing community of Al-Max in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria looks hostile to life. More than a dozen petroleum, cement, iron, and steel ...