On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Alexander the Great famously founded the city of Alexandria in 331 BCE. It went on to be the capital of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ...

While studying a Greek settlement from 332BC in northern Egypt, archaeologists made a stunning discovery — a hidden mud brick ...

Only when the city’s fortunes revived in the early 1990s and Alexandria began sprouting new office and apartment buildings did archaeologists realize how much of the ancient city lay ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

The Northern coast of Egypt is difficult for diving. NOVA: I understand that much of the ancient city of Alexandria has been lost through centuries of building. Were the objects in the harbor ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS claim to have unearthed a “major” Egyptian town – dating back 3,400 years. The settlement offers ...

Last year, a building collapsed in the Wardiyan neighborhood of Alexandria, killing four people. This incident is emblematic of a growing crisis facing Egypt's historic port city: the alarming ...

People watch a sound and light show, which tells the history of the founding of the ancient city of Alexandria, at the ...

Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead ...

(250411) -- ALEXANDRIA, April 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People watch a sound and light show, which tells the history of the ...