Lost Ancient Egyptian City Has Finally Been Discovered!

Lost Ancient Egyptian City Has Finally Been Discovered!

The 'lost city of Atlantis has eluded explorers for centuries and is almost certainly the stuff of myth.

Staggeringly, though, an ancient city that is Atlantis in all  but name has emerged from under the sea near Alexandria — and now the  lost world of Heracleion is giving up  its treasures.

Just as in the classical tale, Heracleion was once a prosperous, thriving city before it was engulfed by the sea around 1,500 years ago. It was grand enough to be mentioned by the Greek writer Herodotus, the 5th-century BC historian.

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A colossal statue of an ancient unknown Pharaoh (left) lies on a barge in an Alexandrian naval base after it was uncovered in the ancient submerged city of Heracleion. French marine archaeologist Frank Goddio (right) explains text on the stele of Heracleion 

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Franck Goddio and divers from his team inspect the statue of a pharaoh

An archaeologist measures the feet of a colossal red granite statue at the site of Heracleion discovered in Aboukir Bay

The ancient port city lies 20 miles northeast of Alexandria in the Mediterranean