Archaeologists Pulled a 2,000-Year-Old Headless Statue From a Possible Lost City

Secrets of ancient city revealed as artefacts recovered from seabed

The artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea build on what we already know about the ancient city of Canopus

Archaeologists Pulled a 2,000-Year-Old Headless Statue From a Possible Lost City

Relics that could be from the city of Canopus have been sitting at the bottom of a Mediterranean bay for almost two millennium.

New finds shed light on Canopus – the ancient Egyptian port city lost to the sea

This year has seen a number of artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted interest for some time due to ongoing searches for the tomb of Cleopatra VII and Alexander the Great. But the new finds add to our knowledge of the ancient city of Canopus, one of several settlements that have largely been lost to the sea. The discovery of buildings and an ancient dock is particularly crucial for our under…

Archaeologists stunned as 'biblical' 2,000-year-old sunken city emerges from sea

Archaeologists have been left stunned by a trove of ancient artefacts discovered in a sunken city off the coast of Egypt.The excavation site in Abu Qir Bay, close to modern Alexandria, is believed to be the ancient seaport of Canopus.For many, the most important artifact discovered was a colossal quartzite sphinx which was inscribed with the cartouche or seal of Ramesses II.**ARE YOU READING THIS ON OUR APP? DOWNLOAD NOW FOR THE BEST GB NEWS EXP…

Royal Sculptures from 2,000-Year-old Sunken City Lifted Out of the Sea Off Alexandria

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently retrieved underwater ruins from a sunken city off the coast of Alexandria. On August 21, divers and cranes retrieved ancient statues from the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir bay. Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister, Sherif Fathi, told Agence France-Presse: “There’s a lot underwater, but what we’re able to bring up is limited, it’s only specific material according to strict crit…

EGYPT RETRIEVES ANCIENT TREASURES FROM SUNKEN MEDITERRANEAN SITE

Wed 27 August 2025: On last Thursday, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities successfully recovered three large artifacts from the Mediterranean Sea near Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria. The ministry’s divers managed to take out three pieces: a colossal quartzite statue of a sphinx bearing the cartouche of King Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC), a […]