Ancient Egyptian city by the sea rises again
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 12:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade. Ancient Egypt - Egypt - Greco-Roman world - Mediterranean Sea - Port