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Archeologists in Alexandria, Egypt, recently recovered the ruins and relics of a 2,000-year-old city.

Divers plunged into the waters off the Abu Qir Bay, pulling out various artifacts and revealing building structures.

Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary-General Mohamed Ismail told Reuters the artifacts date back to successive periods starting from the Ptolemaic era.

ANCIENT ROMAN APARTMENT BUILDING FOUND BENEATH PUBLIC SQUARE AMID SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION

Ismail said the Ptolemaic era "was right after the construction of Alexandria's city, until the Roman era ."

He added, "This indicates that the region was prosperous and developing since the establishment of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic era, after Alexander t

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