Tiny lead tokens revealed the first clues to Cleopatra’s temple façade in Alexandria. After 30 years excavating Alexandria’s harbor, Franck Goddio’s team uncovered a rare temple linked to Cleopatra.

The discovery came when archaeologist Kathleen Martínez and a team of researchers found what may be an underwater port by the ruins of an ancient temple Many historians believe that Cleopatra’s ...

An unprecedented discovery could reveal new information about Cleopatra’s reign. Just below the Mediterranean’s surface, in Alexandria’s harbor, lie the ruins of a mysterious ancient monument. For ...

With the discoveries of amphora, multiple anchors, a polished floor and towering columns, the team believe they have uncovered an ancient port, lost to the sea at Taposiris Magna. One of the anchors ...

Lyme — A newly discovered sunken port, 2,000-year-old coins and a 4,300-foot-long submerged tunnel revealed in Thursday’s release of the National Geographic special “Cleopatra’s Final Secret,” may be ...

Cleopatra VII once ruled a kingdom where politics and divinity intertwined. Her ships sailed from glittering harbors along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, carrying both wealth and whispers of empire. Now ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

From full-fledged cities to ancient, powerful temples, ocean floors across the world have often revealed some of history’s most thrilling secrets. Not only this, but divers and archaeologists have ...