MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- 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 th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- 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 th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Known as Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- 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 th…
Rare Roman Lantern Found in United Kingdom Farmer’s Field
LONDON (REUTERS).- An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast. The unique artifact which dates from between the 1st and 3rd centur…
Rare Roman Lantern Found in UK Farmer’s Field
LONDON (REUTERS).- An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast. The unique artifact which dates from between the 1st and 3rd centur…