Vast underwater ruins from an ancient Roman city have been discovered off northeast Tunisia. The find confirms a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century ...

Archaeologists have found a massive complex of underwater ruins off the northeastern coast of Tunisia, proving that an ancient Roman city that once stood there was devastated by a tsunami 1,600 years ...

A joint Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission has been looking for evidence of Neapolis since 2010 (National Heritage Institute Tunisia/University of Sassari) A vast 1,700 year old Roman settlement ...

NABEUL, Tunisia — Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered off northeast Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century ...

Neapolis was an ancient city, a once thriving and vital port of entry, yet not included in many texts from the Roman period. Archaeologists knew the approximate whereabouts of Neapolis, but their ...

The 79 AD volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius led to a "complete overhaul" of the water supply network of Neapolis and nearby Roman cities, researchers have discovered. Analysis of an ancient harbour ...

Neapolis was a major Roman city on the coast of Tunisia, established as a trade port by the Greeks of Cyrene in the fifth century before it became a port when the Roman Empire conquered North Africa.

Roman ruins stretching over 20 hectares have been discovered off the coast of northeastern Tunisia, confirming “with certainty” a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in ...

Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered off northeast Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD. "It's a major ...