Coastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two ...

Off the coast of northern Africa, Egyptian and European scientists have been working cooperatively in a bid to discover more ...

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 ancient Egypt, are being pulled from the depths of the Mediterranean.

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

Between 2014 and 2020 alone, 86 buildings completely crumbled, and 201 partially collapsed across the 2,300-year-old city.

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 ...

Only when the city’s fortunes revived in the early 1990s and Alexandria began sprouting new office and apartment buildings did archaeologists realize how much of the ancient city lay ...

In the historic coastal districts of Alexandria, buildings are sinking as rising groundwater seeps ... Coastal erosion threatens this ancient city — and others much closer to home. University of ...