Alexandria, one of history’s most magnificent cities, is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change! Scientists are warning that this ancient city’s thousands of years of heritage are disappearing rapidly. As Egypt’s third largest and Africa’s seventh largest city, after Cairo and Giza, Alexandria has witnessed some of history’s most significant moments from its founding by Alexander the Great to the birth of Cleopatra. However, scientists now claim that Alexandria is sinking due to rising sea levels. According to a report by Dailymail, a new study has revealed an increase in building collapses in this 2,300-year-old port city. Researchers state that the city, once home to the Great Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, is slowly deteriorating. In just the past ten years, the rate of collapses due to brackish water creeping up from below the city’s foundations has surged from one to 40 per year, reaching a ‘worrying’ level. Over the last 20 years, 280 buildings have collapsed due to coastal erosion, with an additional 7,000 buildings at risk of future collapse. Landscape architect Sara Fouad from the Technical University of Munich mentioned, “Alexandria’s structures have withstood earthquakes, storm waves, tsunamis, and more for centuries, as resilient engineering marvels. But now, rising seas and intensifying storms due to climate change are erasing this millennia-old city within decades.” Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria was once the world’s largest city and one of the most significant places in the ancient world. Known as the Bride of the Mediterranean, the city served as a crucial trade and transport center connecting the Middle East with Europe thanks to its coastal location. However, the proximity to water that once brought prosperity to the city now threatens to destroy it due to the rapid advance of the sea. The planet’s warming, caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is increasing the average temperature of the oceans. As the water warms, it expands and combines with rapidly melting ice to elevate global sea levels.