In the Port of the Royal Island of Antirhodos, in the great Portus Magnus of Alexandria, now totally submerged, excavations by the Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine (IEASM) under the direction of Franck Goddio and in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have revealed, for the first time ever, the well-preserved timbers of a shipwreck that was one of Egypt’s famous ancient pleasure barges (thalamagos).
