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Re: Heracleion

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Old news. It was discovered in 2000.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1375708.stm
“The only sensible response to fragmented, slowly but randomly accruing evidence is radical open-mindedness. A single, simple explanation for a historical event is generally a failure of imagination, not a triumph of induction.” William H.C. Propp
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Re: Thonis-Heracleion

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The ongoing undersea excavation, of "an area the size of Paris":
https://www.businessinsider.com/silver- ... ple-2023-9

At the site, the archaeologists discovered artifacts from the {Amun} temple's treasury, including gold jewelry and a 'Djed pillar,' a symbol of stability, made of a blue semi-precious stone named lapis lazuli.

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https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/ ... 1-20230926
Goddio also found ‘imported bronze and ceramic objects’, which he says shows that ‘Greeks' who were allowed to trade and settle in the city during the time of the Pharaohs of the Saïte dynasty (664 - 525 BC) had their sanctuaries to their own gods’.


A Temple to Aphrodite Ourania is what's in the news, now?
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Re: Heracleion, Sunken City

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I'm growing curious about Sunken Cities -- with climate change, my own city is threatened -- and I've always been fascinated by Venice. It seems Heracleion was that: a 'Venice' of its day. Now it's 19ft (5.8 metres) underwater and another 10ft (3m) of silt, if I'm understanding Goddio correctly. Heracleion's foundation level has sunk ~35 feet in 2,300 years?

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