In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

Workers at the Egyptian port city of Alexandria have recovered 22 massive stone blocks that were used thousands of years ago to build the city's famous lighthouse, one of the wonders of the ancient ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria, matching a description given by the first-century AD Greek historian Strabo, according to the British ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria's eastern harbor, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city—ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea. Submerged ...

The remains of a sunken city were pulled from the waters at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria on August 21, 2025. (photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images) Pieces of limestone buildings, marble and ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a ...

French and Egyptian researchers are making a "digital twin" of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt after lifting its ancient submerged blocks out of the Mediterranean Sea. When you purchase through ...