When the demigod Hercules first arrived in north Africa, a colossal temple was erected in commemoration of his footfall at the ancient Egyptian port city of Thonis-Heracleion. The metropolis was also ...
Somewhere beneath six meters of Mediterranean seawater, in the murky shallows of Abu Qir Bay, the columns of an Egyptian ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists uncovered a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian and Greek artifacts. It included gold and silver trinkets, likely ...
An incredible selection of Egyptian treasures from previously lost ancient cities has resurfaced in Paris. Submerged for well over a thousand years, around 250 artifacts from the ruins of ...
Off the coast of Egypt divers have discovered something that was thought to be lost a long time ago. It was said that the ancient city of Heracleion was lost under the sea for good. Well 1200 years ...
The remains of a long-lost vessel once described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus have been discovered by researchers off the northern coast of Egypt. The ship, called a baris, was detailed by ...
Artefacts discovered amid submerged ruins of cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus to be unveiled in major Paris exhibition Spectacular ancient Egyptian treasures are to be exhibited for the first ...
Ancient Egypt’s gateway to the Mediterranean – submerged and buried under layers of sand – is an eerie reminder of how vulnerable cities are to nature’s forces He stood for centuries at the very edge ...
An incredible selection of Egyptian treasures from previously lost ancient cities has resurfaced in Paris. Submerged for well over a thousand years, around 250 artifacts from the ruins of ...