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Cleopatra's Palace

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Cleopatra’s Palace is a unique, historical dive site located in the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. More than 1,600 years ago, a series of earthquakes and tsunamis hit the coast of Alexandria and sunk the Antirhodos island, including Cleopatra’s palace and temple complex.

Today, the scattered pieces of the palace lie in murky waters at a depth of about 10 meters (33 feet). The columns of the palace, two shattered Sphinxes, and big bowls that were used for storing water and food in the ancient times can still be found in the water. The well-preserved pieces were taken to the surface in the 1990s by the team of archaeologists that discovered the site.

There is also a shipwreck that has been carbon-dated to 90 BC-AD 130.

Although the dive site is very shallow and it allows for more bottom time, the visibility is far from being good. It reaches 5 meters (16 feet) in some parts, while in other areas it can drop to 1 or 2 meters (3-7 feet). 

Dive site info provided by Patrick Bateman on Nov 29, 2019
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