Until 1996, two of Egypt’s greatest cities were missing. Then along came French archeologist Franck Goddio, who made an extraordinary discovery underwater. For 1,000 years, Thonis-Heracleion was ...

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Recently excavated pottery is shown Tuesday onboard the Princess Duda research boat, anchored in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. A diver inspects limestone blocks Tuesday that form part of the ruins ...

It was 2,200 years ago when the Nile swallowed up the ancient Egyptian port city of Thonis-Heracleion. It was a cataclysmic event, much like the ancient city of Pompeii was buried in ash. But it was ...

Strong Mediterranean currents can churn the water near the mouth of the Nile river into a sea of mud. But when divers led by French explorer Franck Goddio plunged overboard into the Bay of Abukir one ...

Plunging into the waters off Alexandria, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled more than 1,600 years ago. May 25: The recently excavated ...

“‘They were obsessed with death’ is one of the things you hear a lot with Egypt,” says Lisa Çakmak, assistant curator of ancient art at the Saint Louis Art Museum. “If anything, the opposite was true: ...

Marine archaeologists have been exploring the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion for years. Though, recent missions conducted in the area off the coast of Egypt have uncovered some rare ...

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