"The true cost of this loss extends far beyond bricks and mortar." Ancient city once home to Cleopatra is disappearing at an ...

The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is experiencing a “dramatic surge” in building collapses linked to coastal erosion and rising levels of the ...

Historic city of Alexandria is on the Brink of Vanishing as Sea Levels are Rising Faster than Predicted The impeccable ...

The wealth of attention paid to Cleopatra by artists seems inversely proportional to the poverty of material generated about her by archaeologists. Alexandria and its environs attracted less ...

In the past 20 years, 280 buildings in this 2,300-year-old port city — known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and the ancient home of the famed Library of Alexandria — have collapsed due ...

Antony and Cleopatra fled back to Alexandria but, within a year, the city was besieged by Roman soldiers. Rather than be captured and taken to Rome as prisoners, the two lovers committed suicide.

The closest thing we have to a firsthand account is the oft-repeated tale told by Greek historian Plutarch, who was not even alive during Cleopatra’s reign. So his story is just that—a story. He ...

Concrete blocks installed to break the Mediterranean sea waves in Alexandria, Egypt. Climate change-driven rising sea levels and sinking land threaten the city's historic buildings. - Khaled ...

The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria is crumbling due to rising sea levels, scientists have found. Over the past decade, the rate at which buildings have collapsed along the ancient city's ...