Excavation of the Roman city submerged under the sea
Egyptian officials were ready to make an underwater discovery to find out about a deep Roman city under the Mediterranean Sea.
Zahi Hawass, a leading Egyptian archaeologist, said the excavation team found traces of a Roman city 35 km east of the Suez Canal, on the northern coast of Egypt.
In the city there are still traces of buildings, bathrooms, walls, ancient coins, copper jars and ceramic pieces. All are from the Roman period, which lasted from 30 BC to 337.
The archaeological group also found four bridges belonging to another ancient castle that part of it was found on the Mediterranean coast in 1910. Evidence shows that part of the area on the coast is still one the part was sunk in the deep sea. The area marks the eastern border of Egypt during the Roman period.
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