This stunning seaside city is the largest city on the Mediterranean coast and once stood as Egypt's capital city for almost a ...

Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead ...

The researchers warn that the city - once home to two wonders of the ancient world, the Great Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria - is now gradually disappearing. In the last ...

NOVA: How did the lighthouse wind up under water? Empereur: From the fourth century until the 14th century there were earthquakes in Alexandria. In the Arab sources alone you have more than 20 ...

Alexandria is a city of turning points. When it was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., near an existing Egyptian settlement, the port city represented Egypt's absorption into Greco ...