@Kaytee posted:I saw on another prog that a lot of ancient Alexandria is under the sea
wow -didn't know that
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Considering it's about 800 years old, it's in marvellous condition
Probs because the weather is kinder
@Kaytee posted:Probs because the weather is kinder
probably Kaytee 
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:wow -didn't know that
They sent divers down and brought up a lot of thingsâĶ.they were going to build a museum for the statues etc
looks very interesting
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:probably Kaytee
Our Cathedrals do get a hammering with our weatherðĨ°ðĨ°
@Baz posted:The Romans were canny architects
very clever-fantastic imaginations
Lovely mosaics
@Baz posted:Yes, I think we saw it on one of those Imhotep programmes
the piece of leather
@Kaytee posted:They sent divers down and brought up a lot of thingsâĶ.they were going to build a museum for the statues etc
Last I saw something about it, they are worried that more of Alexandria will fall into the sea due to climate change
@Baz posted:Wow those mosaics are well preserved
fantastic
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Last I saw something about it, they are worried that more of Alexandria will fall into the sea due to climate change
oh no awful
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
the inch square saddle
yes
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:oh no awful
it sinks a couple of metres (guessing because I can't remember exactly) every year
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:the piece of leather
Yes
Alice wasn't well during Covid, she has awful asthma...she struggled to get well
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Alice wasn't well during Covid, she has awful asthma...she struggled to get well
Wow 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Last I saw something about it, they are worried that more of Alexandria will fall into the sea due to climate change
Who knows DameâĶ..the ancient one sank because of an earthquake as I remember
@Baz posted:Canât really be in Egypt until they mention Ptolemy
no
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:Alice wasn't well during Covid, she has awful asthma...she struggled to get well
awwww how awful
@Kaytee posted:Aaah ImhotepâĶ.how can we forget him ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ
soo true
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
the inch square saddle
That was hilarious ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ
@Kaytee posted:Who knows DameâĶ..the ancient one sank because of an earthquake as I remember
I knew it had sunk, I couldn't remember the cause. I think I may have watched a Mary Beard thing or similar and they said it was still sinking
@Kaytee posted:That was hilarious ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ
I still can't get over Helen Skelton trying to persuade us it was part of a saddle
@Kaytee posted:That was hilarious ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ
still makes me RL
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I still can't get over Helen Skelton trying to persuade us it was part of a saddle
yes -hilarious
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I knew it had sunk, I couldn't remember the cause. I think I may have watched a Mary Beard thing or similar and they said it was still sinking
Iâm not sure but think it was when the volcano on Santorini erupted and basically wrecked a lot of costal Med cities because of a huge TsunamiðĨ°ðĨ°
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I still can't get over Helen Skelton trying to persuade us it was part of a saddle
Still makes me chuckle every time we mention it ðĪĢðĪĢðĨ°
Egypt's trains look better than ours
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes -hilarious
