Sunken City Kanobs

 Abu Qir Bay is a marine Deals of the most important sites The effects of the sunken Alexandria This is because excellence To contain the sunken heritage Since the Pharaonic era And up to modern times A trait that is rarely found in other underwater archaeological sites, There was discovered City Kanobs  And ancient temples It was located at the mouth of the branch canopic (One of the seven ancient branches of the Nile) Who was hurt in Abu Qir Bay for a distance of 8 km The current from the beach.

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Kanobs, History of the city Kanobs, Hercules, Aphrodite, City Abu Qir, Out of the city of Abu Qir, Why the name of the city of Abu Qir

Whatever the origin of the city Which is rooted in the depths of ancient Egyptian history It was of great importance For foreign trade in Ancient Egypt Where they are located Section at the mouth of canopic More branches of the Nile authority to Navigation, And have had important Make as many historians And coordinates of the old Reminding Since the fifth century BC. M Herodotus where he started them His trip to Egypt He pointed to the existence of the city of Canopus and temples When Alexander came to Egypt And the foundations of Alexandria Trade moved to Alexandria from Kanobs And diminished commercial life in the city of Kanobs, But in the Ptolemaic era Was Temples And religious festivals in the city of Canopus Of the most important causes of prosperity Witnessed in the city, It was such Alheircleom The oldest temples of the city And dedicated to the Greek god Hercules.

After more than half a century The founding of Alexandria Ptolemy II died In 270 BC. M And the Queen Orsenauy To the construction of several structures Including the temple in Kanobs kars of Aphrodite Is called the Temple of Aphrodite Orsenauy .

He also Ptolemy III (Ieugitis) And his wife (Brnescy) The establishment of the Temple of Osiris in Kanobs, And what was Osiris and Serapis Promote the one God, they It is called the temple later Osiris Temple of Serapis _ . And became the temple of Serapis, a great reputation in Kanobs.

At the beginning of the Christian era Where religious persecution In the reign of Diocletian The city of Canopus The Martyrdom of St. (CAIR) And perhaps was his name Is the origin of the word of Abu Qir.

Thus, we see That the city Kanobs  And the many temples Which now lies at the bottom of Abu Qir Bay Represent the main part Heritage of sunken in Abu Qir Bay

 

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