Lost Underwater City Uncovered

[malaise]

http://www.weather.com/news/science/lost-underwater-city-uncovered-20130430
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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 Goddio’s 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 IEASM’s 13-year excavation was documented in “Egypt’s Sunken City - A Legend Is Revealed,” a special scheduled to air on French and German TV network Channel Arte on May 11.

[xchrom]

1. i read that as Lost Underwear City. nt

[dipsydoodle]

3. They've yet to find

Knickeracleion.

[xchrom]

4. i had some very snappy undies in the 70s that went missing -- i bet that's where they are. nt

[dipsydoodle]

6. Legend has it

that all missing underwear will eventually be found in the City of Smalls.

[xchrom]

7. !

[malaise]

8. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha

[Roy Rolling]

13. I read Underwear City, too

Phase 1: Collect Underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit

[hobbit709]

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]

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]

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]

10. Thanks dipsydoodle

[dipsydoodle]

11. We had similar in English here a few years back

but I couldn't find that one.

[closeupready]

12. Fascinating. K&R