Standing tall on the island of Pharos in ancient Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria once soared over 350 feet, guiding ...

After centuries beneath the waves, 22 massive stone blocks from the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from ...

Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ...

A n international team of archaeologists successfully raised 22 monumental blocks from the seabed near the site of the ...

The story of Greeks in Alexandria goes back more than two millennia, when Alexander the Great established the city.

Deep in Alexandria's ancient royal quarter are the ruins of Alexander the Great's civilization—and we're making very important discoveries. ... Newsweek illustration/Calliope Limneos-Papakosta.

Alexander the Great never saw the city he envisioned and had named after himself almost two and a half millennia ago. He was there to map it out, using grains of barley as the story goes, only to ...

He’s writing about the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. The Library of Alexandria was part of a collection of libraries, schools, museums and temples that existed in ancient Egypt.

Coastal erosion threatens ancient city, and many others Date: February 20, 2025 Source: University of Southern California Summary: Research on the vanishing coastlines of Alexandria, Egypt, offers ...

While Julius Caesar’s troops reportedly destroyed a large portion of the library in 48 B.C., scholars cannot say with any certainty when the Library of Alexandria finally disappeared.