It's said that Demetrius the Besieger, a mighty warrior king and one of Alexander the Great's successors, built this harbor on Cyprus' southern coast 2,400 years ago to thwart a potential naval invasion from the ruler of Egypt, Ptolemy I, another of Alexander's heirs. Cyprus Antiquities Department official Yiannis Violaris snorkels over submerged stone remains of the ancient harbour next of Amathus ancient city, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus [Credit: AP...

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