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Archaeologists Found the Wreckage of a 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian ‘Pleasure Barge’

Despite sitting on the seafloor two millennia off the coast of Alexandria, still visible on the boat’s timber was graffiti written in Greek.

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An ancient Egyptian pleasure ship that matches the description of the 1st-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria. According to archaeologist Franck Goddio, the discovery will yield new insights into life in early Roman Egypt.

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Popular Mechanics broke the news in on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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