Dating to the third millennium BC, these atmospheric ruins cover a large area leading down to an ancient submerged harbour . Highlights include a street paved with geometrical Roman and Byzantine mosaics , on each side of which are rows of large columns. Look out also for the unusually large public Roman bathhouse from the 2nd or 3rd century AD and a 4th-century rectangular arena that would have held up to 2000 spectators, perhaps to watch some sort of ancient water sport.
A five-minute walk north of the main Al-Mina site brings you to the ruins of a 12th-century Crusader cathedral, along with a network of Roman and Byzantine roads.
