Egyptian authorities have approved the underwater exploration of a Roman city submerged in the Mediterranean, 35 kilometers (20 miles) east of the Suez Canal on Egypt's north coast.

Archaeologists had found buildings, bathrooms, ruins of a Roman fortress, ancient coins, bronze vases and pieces of pottery that all date back to the Roman era.

Egypt's Roman era lasted from 30 BC to 337 AD.

Image: Statue of Juno, Roman queen goddess, by Rudolph Zullich, 1846

Egypt | Roman Empire | Archeology