Sunken luxury: 2,000-year-old “pleasure barge” discovered in Alexandria’s ancient harbor – NaturalNews.com

Underwater archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old wooden barge, estimated to have been 115 feet long, near the sunken island of Antirhodos. Led by Franck Goddio, the team hypothesizes the vessel is a thalamagos—a luxurious “pleasure barge” used by the e…