submerged city

RIGHT Underwater archaeological investigations at the sunken city of Thonis Heracleion have uncovered a Ptolemaic galley which sunk in the 2nd century BC.

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New discoveries from Egypt’s sunken city

Among the objects found were bronze artefacts, imported Greek ceramics, and wicker fruit baskets still containing grape seeds

BELOW LEFT Imported Greek ceramics, including the lidded vessel and lamp seen here, were among the funerary offerings found at the burial mound in the city, in use at the end of the 5th / beginning of the 4th century BC.

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Ship-shape finds from a sunken city

The newly discovered Ptolemaic galley was found under 5m of dense Nile clay and building remains.

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Delos: discovering a submerged Hellenistic city

Following an initial season of underwater excavation in the Aegean Sea, Mantha Zarmakoupi talks to CWA about the rise and fall of the trading emporium of Delos.