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2,500-year-old lost city of Thonis-Heracleion discovered in Egypt
Thonis-Heracleion once thrived at the mouth of the Nile, a vibrant city pulsing with trade and ceremony long before Alexandria rose to power in 331 BCE. It stood as Egypt’s main gateway to the ...
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Underwater Archaeologists Just Discovered A 2,200-Year-Old Military Shipwreck In Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Sunken City
That’s when underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team found the city’s ruins 4.3 miles off Egypt’s coast. Goddio explained that archaeologists discovered the military vessel in a ...
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Raising Alexandria
A diver uses a differential underwater GPS to locate the exact position of a sphinx representing Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation ...
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AIRBUS SUPER TRANSPORTER “BELUGA” FLIES “EGYPT’S SUNKEN TREASURES” TO EXPOSITION IN EUROPE
They were discovered off the coast of Alexandria and in the bay of Aboukir by the archaeologist Franck Goddio over the last ten years. On 10th April, three colossal statues – representing God ...