Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island)
Pharos Quay N
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze–Iron Age maritime·🇪🇬 Alexandria, Pharos Island, Alexandria Submerged, Egypt
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About Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island)
Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island) in Alexandria, Pharos Island, Alexandria Submerged, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze–Iron Age maritime. Systematic survey and side-scan sonar document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal necropolis and workshop area. Dimensions grid 210 m × 180 m; mole 85 m long × 7 m wide; area unmeasured ha. Excavation partially-excavated; condition submerged 3–6 m. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze–Iron Age maritime submerged-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at -8 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ritual landscape model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze–Iron Age maritime
- Purpose
- Submerged harbour and urban insulae under sea
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1184 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1920
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
31.2100° N · 29.8900° E · -8 m · 3 mapped features
North Quay Mole
moleNorth Quay Mole at Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island) — mole with stratified deposits
31.2104° N · 29.8906° EStreet Grid Insula
insulaStreet Grid Insula at Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island) — insula with stratified deposits
31.2103° N · 29.8896° EHarbour Basin
basinHarbour Basin at Pharos — Ancillary Quay North (Alexandria, Pharos Island) — basin with stratified deposits
31.2113° N · 29.8913° E