What was the political and economic importance of the ancient city Alexandria on the Tigris? How was the city laid out? And what does the material culture of the international trade hub look like?

Archaeologists have confirmed the location of a long-lost city founded by Alexander the Great — a once-thriving trade hub that’s been hidden for centuries. The ancient city, known as Alexandria on the ...

Despite the city’s exposure to repeated floods over centuries, the preservation of its walls and urban fabric is described as unexpectedly good. Archaeologists have confirmed the rediscovery of ...

Two thousand years ago, Alexandria on the Tigris was a flourishing trade centre and regional capital near the Persian Gulf. Today, only its extended rampart is visible in the southern Iraqi landscape ...

Archaeologists have confirmed the rediscovery of Alexandria on the Tigris, the long-lost city founded by Alexander the Great in 324 BC in southern Iraq near the Persian Gulf. They say the settlement ...