Egypt has recovered new sunken artefacts from the Mediterranean Sea near the northern city of Alexandria for the first time in nearly 25 years, officials said on Thursday. Divers used ropes to attach ...

Archaeologists and divers retrieved a trove of ancient treasures Thursday from a 2,000-year-old sunken city off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Cranes carefully lifted these ancient artifacts from the ...

The Ptolemaic era lasted for nearly 300 years and was followed ... Ramses II, famed for his monumental statues and military exploits, is widely believed by historians and popular culture to have been ...

In November 2020 archaeologists announced the discovery of 100 sealed sarcophagi at Saqqara, dating to the Late Period and Ptolemaic dynasty. Colorful coffins, gilded statues, and well-preserved ...