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\n\tAn excavation in Moharam Bek, a neighborhood in central Alexandria, has uncovered a trove of archaeological findings dating from the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. The news was announced by Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities earlier this month and reported by Greek City Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe items range from Greek and Roman statues to smaller objects like coins, lamps, and ceramic vessels. Also uncovered were architectural structures like a public bathhouse, decorative mosaics from a Roman villa, and high-tech water systems.<\/p>\n \n\tMohamed Abdel Badi, of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said in a statement that the site provides \u201ca comprehensive model of the development of residential and service architecture in ancient Alexandria.\u201d The earliest objects, from the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BCE), include the circular public bath, called a tholi<\/em>, and intricate mosaic flooring belong to an adjacent Roman residential villa.<\/p>\n \n\tAmong the Greco-Roman statues uncovered are depictions of deities like Bacchus (god of wine), Asclepius (god of medicine), and Minerva (god of wisdom).<\/p>\n \n\tHisham El-Leithy, secretary general of the SCA, noted that these latest findings further prove Alexandria\u2019s importance as an urban center known for architectural advancements and a high standard of living, and that they will help researchers better understand the ancient city\u2019s layout. \u201cThis continuity,\u201d El-Leithy noted, referring to the discovery of artifacts from periods covering some 400 year, \u201coffers valuable evidence of how urban life adapted over time.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tArchaeologists have been excavating areas in Moharam Bek for several months, and the work is ongoing. They plan to show some of what they have uncovered at the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/ancient-greek-roman-statues-coins-pottery-bathhouse-excavated-alexandria-1234785024\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/687037020_1380110384150504_6539105285007980607_n.jpg?w=1024″] An excavation in Moharam Bek, a neighborhood in central Alexandria, has uncovered a trove of archaeological findings dating from the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. The news was announced by Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities earlier this month and reported by Greek City Times. The items range from Greek and Roman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1930131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1930131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1930131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1930131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1930131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}