Underwater archaeologists announced Monday they had discovered the 2,000-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria.

Divers found the vessel's hull, which was more than 115 feet long and about 23 feet wide, submerged in the port of the island of Antirhodos, the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) said in a statement .

There was Greek graffiti on the vessel that "could date from the first half of the first century AD" and "supports the hypothesis that the ship was built in Alexandria."

The boat "would have had a luxuriously decorated cabin and appears to have been propelled solely by oars," the Alexandria-based institute added.

Greek Graffiti found on the central carling are dated to the first half of the 1st century AD. Chris

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