One church was built in a basilica style with a large hall and columns, while a smaller church contained Coptic writings, the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language used in the early centuries of Christianity.
Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought ... .
Remnants of an ancient, sunken city were lifted out of the waves off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, last week, officials said, with cranes hoisting parts of statues and tools dating back 2,000 years.
(MENAFN - The Conversation) This year has seen a number of artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted interest for some time due to ongoing ... .
They offer clues as to the physical appearance of the ancient city ... It is an intriguing combination of the timelessness of ancient Egyptian statuary, overlaid with the Greek aesthetic, wearing garments rendered in stone so fine they seem transparent.