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Partially excavated places tagged “ptolemy”

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria

Hellenistic Ptolemaic 297–280 BCE · Greek (Ptolemaic Alexandria)

100-m Ptolemaic lighthouse wonder whose lantern guided ancient Mediterranean.

🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site

Ptolemais – Sunken Harbour of the Cyrenaican Pentapolis, Tolmeita

Hellenistic to Early Islamic (247 BCE – 642 CE) · Greek Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine

Ptolemy III foundation 247 BCE — Pentapolis harbour drowned 2 m off Tolmeita with 100 m breakwater and 6,000 m³ cisterns.