Heraklion city of sins

Unveil the treasures of an ancient city submerged Under the waters of Alexandria.

It was announced  Research team a joint French-Egyptian archaeological To explore for sunken antiquities The discovery of treasures The discovery of treasures Known as the sunken city of Heraklion Which was the main port in Egypt In the Age of the Pharaohs.

The researchers believe That the city had fallen to the bottom of the Mediterranean In the aftermath of a massive earthquake Shook the entire region by more than a thousand years

Archaeologists have found the sunken city Almost complete Was also unchanged from centuries Without extending it by the time And is still filled with statues and columns And Panel a huge stone Identified the exact location of the lost city, In addition to an extraordinary set Of gold coins and jewelry.

The painting bore the huge granite Hieroglyphic inscriptions and the writings of Back to the era of Pharaoh Nkhtanibus Less than four hundred years BC.

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Heraklion, main port in Egypt In the Age of the Pharaohs, gold coins

Heraklion name of the city of sins, But ironically, it was Destination of pilgrims from all the cities of the eastern Mediterranean Who worship the goddess Isis Until the beginning of the first millennium. And something happened  Led to the disappearance of the city, One theory says An earthquake occurred And downstream of the Nile Which led to the sinking city With thousands of its population under the water While extracting more and more a relic of the city Will continue to be sinking is a mystery to scientists hope to solve.

Was discovered many relics in the city One of these pieces:

Panel Herkleom of black basalt height of about two meters The publication includes all taxes and customs And a set of monumental sculptures Which includes the statues of the king and queen of Ptolemaic And the statue of "Habi" the god of the Nile from the pink stone At altitudes of 6 meters Was found at a depth of 10 meters is divided into 3 parts In addition to the mural Area of 6 meters in length in the presentation of 4 meters Of pink granite And written in three languages: hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek. And a palette of black granite, Height of two meters, It consists of 14 lines written in Alheirogliqip, Determine the proportion of ten tax Imposed on trade Greeks .. There is a similar panel in the Egyptian Museum Found in Damanhur , And also the mural  Inscriptions and writings are not clear, But back to the era of King Ptolemy VIII, It was found divided into 6 parts, It was also found on the holy of holies 'Nados' It is a one-piece Belonging to the god 'Amun Try' In addition to the exquisite Multiple pieces of different shapes and sizes Of bronze and stone Including cooking pots and ladles And Msarj and amulets and coins and The gold coins.

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