Pylon from Cleopatra’s temple raised from the sea

 
Sean McLachlan



AP Photo/Nasser Nasser
Archaeologists have pulled a massive pylon from the bay of Alexandria, Egypt, that was once a part Cleopatra’s royal complex.

The pylon, a pillar of red granite measuring 2.2 meters long and weighing nine tons, formed part of the temple of Isis and stood right next to Cleopatra’s mausoleum in the year [...]


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