Archaeological 'treasures,' including 2,400-year-old fruit, discovered at ancient Egyptian city

Archaeological "treasures," including Greek ceramics and 2,400-year-old wicker baskets filled with fruit, have been discovered at the site of the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, off Egypt's coast. Thonis-Heracleion was Egypt's largest Mediterranean port before Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BCE.

A team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, have been studying the area for years. Their 2021 mission, conducted in close cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, revealed "extremely interesting results" at the site of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir, IEASM said in a statement last month...

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/thonis-heracleion-egypt-scli-intl-scn/index.html


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