Alexandria is a city of turning points. When it was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., near an existing Egyptian settlement, the port city represented Egypt's absorption into Greco-Roman ...

An ancient city now lies submerged beneath Alexandria’s eastern harbor, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. The rising sea levels ...

Beneath the waters of Alexandria’s harbor, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, an ancient 'party boat' has been found.

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 ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a Greek engineering marvel that guided ships ...

Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt traversed the river Nile in luxury on their pleasure barges. Now, for the first ...