The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

As a team of French archaeologists excavated a seventh-century C.E. dwelling at Taposiris Magna, an ancient city located around 30 miles west of Alexandria along Egypt’s northern coast, they found two ...

an ancient city located around 30 miles west of Alexandria along Egypt’s northern coast, they found two cold marble eyes staring back up at them from the sandy ruins. Although its nose had been ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

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Cairo, a city where history and spirituality intertwine, is home to some of the most significant religious sites in the world ...

Sayadin” or The Fishermen’s Village, is best known for its vibrant fishing industry, featuring a bustling fish market and a ...

Photo: egyptindependent The head was found among the ruins of a 7th-century AD house during an expedition in Greater Taposiris, 45 kilometers west of Alexandria, as announced by ... from whom the city ...

It is a melancholy story, the one that Cavafy yearned to recover when he could only speculate and dream about what had been lost when so many of Alexandria’s inhabitants, famous and otherwise, had ...

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An intriguing Hellenistic statue and other signs of ancient quarters from the right period point to a very promising ... most researchers agree that his tomb is likely hidden somewhere in the Egyptian ...