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6 hours ago
- Jordan Times
Egypt reveals 2,000-year-old ruins discovered in Alexandria waters
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egypt on Thursday unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, revealing buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock, all dating back over 2,000 years. Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir Bay, may be an extension of the ancient city of Canopus, a prominent centre during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years, and the Roman Empire, which governed for around 600 years. Over time, a series of earthquakes and rising sea levels submerged the city and the nearby port of Heracleion, leaving behind a treasure trove of historical remains. On Thursday, cranes slowly hoisted statues from the depths, while divers in wetsuits, who had helped retrieve them, cheered from the shore. "There's a lot underwater, but what we're able to bring up is limited, it's only specific material according to strict criteria," Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathi said. "The rest will remain part of our sunken heritage," he added. The underwater ruins revealed by the ministry on Thursday include limestone buildings that may have served as places of worship, residential spaces and commercial or industrial structures. Reservoirs and rock-carved ponds for domestic water storage and fish cultivation were also uncovered. Other notable finds were statues of royal figures and sphinxes from the pre-Roman era, including a partially preserved sphinx with the cartouche of Ramses II, one of the country's most famous and longest-ruling ancient pharaohs. Many of the statues are missing body parts, including a beheaded Ptolemaic figure made of granite, and the lower half of a Roman nobleman's likeness carved from marble. A merchant ship, stone anchors and a harbour crane dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras were found at the site of a 125-metre dock, which the ministry said was used as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period. Alexandria is home to countless ancient ruins and historic treasures, but Egypt's second city is at risk of succumbing to the same waters that claimed Canopus and Heracleion. The coastal city is especially vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels, sinking by more than three millimetres every year. Even in the United Nations' best-case scenario, a third of Alexandria will be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
Ammon
3 days ago
- Ammon
Unified university admission applications end on Tuesday
Ammon News - The Unified Admission Coordination Unit at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced that the final deadlines for submitting unified admission applications for the 2025-2026 summer session for both bachelor's and intermediate diploma programs ends on Tuesday. Muhannad Al-Khatib, media adviser to the minister and director of the unit, said the deadline for submitting bachelor's applications for graduates of the 2025-2026 summer session is midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 19, while the deadline for intermediate diploma applications is midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 20. He said there would be no justification for extending the process, urging students who have not yet submitted their applications or who logged into the system but failed to complete and properly save them to quickly finalize submission and pay the application fee through the "e-Fawateercom" electronic payment service. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to apply and will be excluded from the competition. Al-Khatib noted that students holding foreign high school certificates such as American, British, International Baccalaureate, and others whether obtained abroad or inside Jordan, in addition to some holders of Arab high school certificates whose results have not yet been fully issued and who have not yet obtained equivalency certificates from the Ministry of Education, must also adhere to the same deadlines by submitting their applications and entering their expected average. He added that after the application process closes, the Admission Coordination Unit will keep an electronic link available through which students can upload their equivalency certificates. The unit will then update and verify the correct data from the equivalency certificate in their applications before admitting them to the competition.
Ammon
6 days ago
- Ammon
Library book returned 82 years after it was borrowed
Ammon News - A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library. It came with a letter noting that 'Grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore.' The book is 'Your Child, His Family, and Friends' by marriage and family counselor Frances Bruce Strain. It was checked out in July 1943 and returned this past June from a person in Oregon, the library said in a news release. 'After the recent death of my father, I inherited a few boxes of books he left behind,' the person wrote in a letter that was shared by the library on Instagram and signed with the initials P.A.A.G. The book was a guide for parents on helping their children navigate personal relationships. It was checked out when the person's father was 11 years old. 'The book must have been borrowed by my Grandmother, Maria del Socorro Aldrete Flores (Cortez),' the person wrote. 'In that year, she transferred to Mexico City to work at the US Embassy. She must have taken the book with her, and some 82 years later, it ended up in my possession.' The book had received write-ups in various newspapers at the time. The Cincinnati Enquirer described it in June 1943 as a 'complete guidebook to the personal relationships of the child with his family and the outside world.' The New York Times noted a month later that Strain was a psychologist and mother of two who was 'best known for her wise, sensitive, but unsentimental presentation of sex education.' The person who returned the book wrote in the letter: 'I hope there is no late fee for it because Grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore.'
