New discoveries at Byzantine port city of Marea in northern Egypt
8/26/2017 06:00:00 PM
Stone latrines, a ring and a bracelet are the most interesting discoveries made by a team of Polish archaeologists in the ruins of a huge basilica dating back 1,500 years in Marea, northern Egypt.
Marea was a city near ancient Alexandria. It is known that it functioned in the Roman and Byzantine periods, but the researchers have not yet established when exactly it was founded. The town was famous, among other things, for its fine wines distributed in the Mediterranean basin. The importance of Marea as a key port is demonstrated by four long piers, the longest of which measures over 120 meters and was built with solid stone blocks joined with waterproof mortar.
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