Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Egyptian luxury barge near Cleopatra's lost palace in Alexandria. The 115-foot ...

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

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

A 35-meter ancient Egyptian pleasure boat used by the elite for lavish river parties and religious processions has been discovered in the sunken royal quarter of Alexandria’s Eastern Harbor. The ...

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

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of 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 ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Sheilah Kast. Coming up, a new musical craze from south of the border hits Chicago. But first, when people talk about the cities of the ancient world, they ...