Lost CivilizationsArchaeologists identify forgotten city of Alexandria on the Tigris in southern Iraq Posted on February 22, 2026 by Administrator Archaeologists working in southern Iraq have identified the site of Alexandria on the Tigris, a large port city founded in the late fourth century BCE during the campaigns of Alexander of Macedon. The ruins lie at Jebel Khayyaber, near the modern border with Iran. Surveys show a planned urban center that linked river traffic from Mesopotamia with sea routes through the Persian Gulf and trade networks reaching India and Central Asia.
