Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Divers explore ruins of Cleopatra’s palace
[ Tue, 25 May 2010 18:17:03 GMT ]

A diver inspects a quartzite block with an engraving of a Pharaoh, indicated by hieroglyphic inscriptions on the stone as Seti I, father of Ramses II, on the seabed of the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt.Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks hammered into the sea by earthquakes and tsunamis more than 1,600 years ago.


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