An Ancient Egyptian City That Was Lost 1,200 Years Ago Was Finally Found! Incredible!!

The 'lost city of Atlantis has frustrated explorers for centuries and is almost certainly the stuff of myth. But some archaeologists are determined to prove that this underwater Ancient Egyptian City really does exist. These men dove underwater to find evidence that will prove their claims.

 250 artifacts from the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion and
Canopus are shown to the public for the first time

Submerged for well over a thousand years, around 250 artifacts from the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus are shown to the public for the first time in an exhibition at the Arab World Institute. Just as in the classical tale,

Heracleion was once a prosperous, thriving city before it was engulfed by the sea around 1,500 years ago. It was grand enough to be mentioned by the Greek writer Herodotus, the 5th-century BC historian.

A group led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio stumbled upon some relics that led them to one of the greatest finds of the 21st century. Following clues from ancient texts, Goddio undertook the huge task of attempting to locate all possible submerged sites along the western part of the Nile delta.

"From the very beginning, the project of locating the cities of Thonis, Heracleion and Canopus was presented to the Egyptian authorities along with the proposal for the research in Alexandria's Portus Magnus. My initial idea was to have a completely comprehensive approach to all the possible sunken sites of the western part of the delta of the Nile because those three cities had relationships with each other," Goddio told the reporters. 

They discovered giant statues of the Egyptian goddess Isis,
the god Hapi, and an unidentified Egyptian pharaoh

Among the discoveries are giant statues of the Egyptian goddess Isis, the god Hapi, and an unidentified Egyptian pharaoh all preserved in neat condition by their muddy burial shroud.

Despite spending the last 15 years excavating the lost cities, Goddio says there is still much to be done.

"A couple of years ago I said we had found 5% of Heracleion, but we discovered that the town covered another town so I have to divide that by two. It's like Pompeii, which was discovered in the 18th century and still under excavation. Heracleion and Canopus are just as big as Pompeii, plus they're underwater."

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