US EditionEgypt Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Ruins in Alexandria Waters
Artifacts include royal statues, an ancient dock, and a merchant ship, revealing a highly organized city submerged by earthquakes and rising sea levels, officials said.
- Egypt unveiled parts of a 2,000-year-old sunken city off Alexandria's coast on August 21, revealing statues, buildings, and a dock underwater in Abu Qir Bay.
- The submersion resulted from earthquakes and rising sea levels that drowned the city and nearby port about 1,200 years ago, leaving behind important archaeological remains.
- Marine archaeologists retrieved pre-Roman statues, sphinxes, a merchant ship, stone anchors, and parts of a 125-meter dock still visible underwater at the site.
- Tourism Minister Sherif Fathi explained that although many artifacts remain submerged, only certain items that meet rigorous standards can be recovered, while the remainder will continue to be preserved as part of the underwater cultural heritage.
- The discoveries raise awareness that Alexandria, sinking about 3mm yearly, faces risk of partial inundation by 2050, potentially displacing 1.5 million people and threatening its ancient heritage.
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Ancient Sculptures Recovered From Sunken City Off Alexandria
Pieces of limestone buildings, marble and granite royal statues, and the remains of a merchant ship are among the relics of an ancient sunken city retrieved by Egyptian authorities off the shores of Alexandria. Dating back more than 2,000 years, the artifacts were reportedly hoisted from a submerged archaeological site in Abu Qir Bay yesterday, August 21. Egyptian officials told Agence France-Presse that the area may be part of the long-lost sea…
Egypt retrieves submerged ancient artifacts from Alexandria
Ancient artifacts from a more than 2000-year-old city were lifted from the sea off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt, confirming that the site was once a complete city. The pieces, including statues and the remnants of homes and places of worship, date between 330 B.C. and around 640 A.D., according to Egypt’s ministry of antiquities.
Egypt unveiled on Thursday, August 21, the remains of an engulfed city off the coast of Alexandria, more than two thousand years old, reports Cnews.Located in the bay of Aboukir, the site could correspond to an extension of the ancient city of Canope, important under the Ptolemaic dynasty and then under the Roman Empire.Over the centuries, earthquakes and rising waters have submerged the nearby city and port of Heracléion, leaving a rich archaeo…
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