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Lost Egyptian city found

bogwalrus · 2015-03-13 16:26:05

The pictures are amazing. It does make me wonder what else is hiding under our seas. Thonis-Heracleion (the Egyptian and Greek names of the city) is a city lost between legend and reality. Before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, the city knew glorious times as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships…

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The pictures are amazing. It does make me wonder what else is hiding under our seas.

Thonis-Heracleion (the Egyptian and Greek names of the city) is a city lost between legend and reality. Before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, the city knew glorious times as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world.

http://www.franckgoddio.org/projects/sunken-civilizations/heracleion.html

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