The blocks weighed dozens of tons each and consisted of upright pillars and crossbeams that once formed the entrance to the structure.

What was the political and economic importance of the ancient city Alexandria on the Tigris? How was the city laid out? And ...

A project is underway to reconstruct the lighthouse as a 3-D computer model ...

Polish archaeologists have unearthed 13 lecture halls believed to be the first traces ever found of ancient Egypt’s University of Alexandria, the head of the project said Wednesday. “This is the ...

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed in the 3rd century B.C.E., most wouldn’t have been able to glimpse the peak of the gargantuan tower, but all could see its light. The structure ...

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The Egyptian city of Alexandria, home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, may have been built to align with the rising sun on the day of Alexander the Great's birth, a new study finds.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) -From her ninth-floor balcony over Alexandria's seafront, Eman Mabrouk looked down at the strip of sand that used to be the wide beach where she played as a child. "The ...

On the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, a mob led by Peter the Lector brutally murdered Hypatia, one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria. Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy One day on the ...