The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

As a team of French archaeologists excavated a seventh-century C.E. dwelling at Taposiris Magna, an ancient city located around 30 miles west of Alexandria along Egypt’s northern coast, they found two ...

No travel destination in the world offers the diversity of Egypt. The country unquestionably belongs to a social and cultural ...

In the famous film the city was buried by a catastrophic ancient sandstorm and rediscovered ... commercial center long before the rise of Alexandria. But political fortunes shifted, and so did ...

The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

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 ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Finally, the modern city of Alexandria was largely built over the original. "Modern Alexandria, especially the downtown area, was built completely above ancient monuments," Hawass said. "The theater ...

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Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish leader, philosopher and scholar in the first century. Born in 30 BC to a wealthy Jewish family in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, he was an important spokesman ...

Sayadin” or The Fishermen’s Village, is best known for its vibrant fishing industry, featuring a bustling fish market and a ...

an ancient city located around 30 miles west of Alexandria along Egypt’s northern coast, they found two cold marble eyes staring back up at them from the sandy ruins. Although its nose had been ...