Empereur: What is interesting underwater is that there is no construction ... That means that they were not only the masters of the Greek city of Alexandria, but of the whole country named ...

This incredible lost city was one of Egypt’s largest ports before Alexandria, but it is now submerged underwater. Thonis, also known as Heracleion, was once a trade hub but today it can only be ...

(To learn more about what has been found, watch the NOVA program "Treasures of the Sunken City" or ... to relate the underwater site to other archaeological sites on land in Alexandria.

In 2000, Franck Goddio and his team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology ... noting that the city was once ...

The discoveries were made in the ruins of the sunken ancient city ... founded Alexandria in 331 BC. The artifacts were found by a team of researchers from the European Institute for Underwater ...