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Ancient Statues Emerge From the Waters Off Egypt’s Coast, Where They’d Been Hiding for Thousands of Years
Several large sculptures were among the trove of artifacts that divers recovered from the waters near Alexandria, Egypt.
Egyptian authorities recently began lifting remnants of a 2,000-year-old submerged city from the seabed of Abu Qir Bay near ...
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Sunken city treasures emerge after 2,000 years: “The rest will remain part of our sunken heritage”
Earlier this week, a remarkable archaeological operation unfolded off the coast of Alexandria. Equipped with cranes and a ...
Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.
A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation.
The 38 items discovered included 14 statuettes of Osiris and three baboon statues representing the Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth.
Eat your heart out, Oedipus. An ancient temple in southern Egypt yielded a smiling, Sphinx-like statue amid the remnants of a shrine, the country’s Antiquities Ministry announced Monday. Arch… ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a Sphinx-like Roman-era statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, authorities say.
A Sphinx-like statue from the Roman empire has been unearthed in Egypt. Archaeologists also discovered the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple.
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