Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently retrieved underwater ruins from a sunken city near the Alexander coast.
On August 21, divers and cranes retrieved the ancient statue from the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir Bay.
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi told French Positioning: “There are a lot of things under the water, but what we can propose is limited, it is only based on strict standards but specific materials. The rest will be part of our sunk legacy.”
French Positioning The reported statues include “pre-Roman royal figures and sphinxes, including partially preserved sphinxes, including carvings of Ramses II, one of the most famous and longest ancient pharaohs in the country.” However, many statues lack components.
The sunken city also includes limestone buildings, residential spaces, commercial structures, reservoirs, workpieces, and a 125-meter dock over 2000 years of history.
Authorities told French PositioningThis first reports that the site “maybe an extension of the ancient city, an outstanding center during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled for nearly 300 years while the Roman Empire ruled for about 600 years.”
But the earthquake and sea level rise ultimately put the city and the nearby Port of Herakline underwater.
Egyptian ministry also discovered a merchant ship, stone anchor and a port crane, dating back to the Ptolemy and Roman times located at the pier. Ministry tells French Positioning Until the Byzantine period, the pier was used for boats.
