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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLost Underwater City Uncovered
http://www.weather.com/news/science/lost-underwater-city-uncovered-20130430<snip>
A lost city and vital port known as Heracleion to the ancient Greeks and Thonis to ancient Egyptians was thought to be nothing but a memory until a team from the European Institute for Underwater Archeology (IEASM) discovered the mystical city submerged in the Mediterranean Sea.
Traces of Thonis-Heracleion were found four miles off the coast of Egypt, 30 feet below the Aboukir Bay in 2000. The team, under French underwater archaeologist Dr. Frank Goddios direction, discovered many ruins, among them a monolithic chapel, a giant red granite statue of the god Hapi and the largest known concentration of ancient ships. It was the chapel that tipped off Goddio that it was in fact the lost city.
"The archaeological evidence is simply overwhelming," says Sir Barry Cunliffe, eminent archaeologist at Oxford University in a release. "By lying untouched and protected by sand on the seafloor for centuries they are brilliantly preserved."
Goddio and IEASMs 13-year excavation was documented in Egypts Sunken City - A Legend Is Revealed, a special scheduled to air on French and German TV network Channel Arte on May 11.
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Lost Underwater City Uncovered (Original Post)
malaise
May 2013
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. i read that as Lost Underwear City. nt
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)3. They've yet to find
Knickeracleion.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. i had some very snappy undies in the 70s that went missing -- i bet that's where they are. nt
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)6. Legend has it
that all missing underwear will eventually be found in the City of Smalls.
malaise
(267,801 posts)8. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha
Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)13. I read Underwear City, too
Phase 1: Collect Underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)2. Interesting
Morning Malaise. Got a new flavor combo for you. Mavis Bank with a couple of drops of raspberry extract. I don't normally go for flavored coffee but I tried it this morning since I had the extract sitting there.
malaise
(267,801 posts)9. We got a new blend recently
and then I went to do some business and got a free sample of another brand.
I must try your mix although I don't really like flavored mixes myself.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)5. Old documentary on subject here
but its in Spanish so just watch and you'll get the drift :
The area was a giant lagoon with causeways but I didn't appreciate it went that far out to sea.
malaise
(267,801 posts)10. Thanks dipsydoodle
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)11. We had similar in English here a few years back
but I couldn't find that one.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)12. Fascinating. K&R