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The Royal Quarter of Alexandria

Sank 365 AD · 5 to 8 m, Eastern Harbour, Alexandria, Egypt
PROTECTED
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

The Royal Quarter of Alexandria: still unexplained.

Cleopatra's palace island, sphinxes, the stones of the Pharos

The law of this ground: Dives arranged through licensed Alexandria operators with antiquities-authority permission; an underwater museum has been proposed for decades.
The subject
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The manifest
Cleopatra's palace island, sphinxes, the stones of the Pharos
The account

The earthquake of 365 AD dropped the palaces of the Ptolemies into their own harbour. Under the murk of the Eastern Harbour lie sphinxes, obelisk fragments, and the platform of Antirhodos, the island where Cleopatra held court. Divers glide over granite that watched the Caesars arrive. Visibility is poor; the address is unbeatable.

Leads, where the trail points now
  • Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on Eastern Harbour, Alexandria, Egypt.
  • What you are chasing is Cleopatra's palace island, sphinxes, the stones of the Pharos. Work the documented record of The Royal Quarter of Alexandria back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
  • Dives arranged through licensed Alexandria operators with antiquities-authority permission; an underwater museum has been proposed for decades.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on Eastern Harbour, Alexandria, Egypt.
  • What you are chasing is Cleopatra's palace island, sphinxes, the stones of the Pharos. Work the documented record of The Royal Quarter of Alexandria back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
  • Dives arranged through licensed Alexandria operators with antiquities-authority permission; an underwater museum has been proposed for decades.
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

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Chart position 31.207°, 29.893° (approx.) View on the Map