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Underwater Archaeologist Franck Goddio Finds 1,600-Year-Old City that Vanished 1,200 Years Ago
Core77 ^
| June 6, 2013
| hipstomp / Rain Noe
Posted on 06/18/2013 12:45:02 PM PDT by EveningStar
... [Franck Goddio's] results were impressive ... But it was an expedition he undertook in 2000 that really put him on the map, so to speak: He managed to locate Thonis-Heracleion, an ancient port city (built circa 800 B.C.!) that's now completely submerged off the coast of Egypt. The hyphenated name hints at its cosmopolitan nature: The Egyptians called it Thonis, the Greeks, Heracleion after a massive temple to Heracles that once stood at the site ...
(Excerpt) Read more at core77.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Science
KEYWORDS: alexandria; archaeology; egypt; franckgoddio; goddio; godsgravesglyphs; heracleion; thonis; thonisheracleion; underwater
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Many photos! :)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:45:24 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
To: EveningStar
Cue for Algore to blame global warming.
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
To: EveningStar
I don’t know why but the photos made me sad.
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:52:52 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: EveningStar
The Egyptian Islamists want to destroy it
but they don`t know how to swim.
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:53:47 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
To: EveningStar
Sensible ping. What could interest SunkenCiv more than the discovery of a sunken civilization?
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:57:39 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
06/18/2013 12:58:22 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: EveningStar
Can we re-create the events with DC and its’ residents?
To: MeganC
Cue for Algore to blame global warming.
or bad location
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posted on
06/18/2013 1:09:34 PM PDT
by
molson209
To: EveningStar
As a scuba diver myself i cannot even IMAGINE coming upon that find. Just diving down to the Christus off of Key Largo gives me a thrill!
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posted on
06/18/2013 1:36:33 PM PDT
by
republicanbred
(...and when I die I'll be republican dead.)
To: EveningStar
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Let’s hope it survives modern Egypt.
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posted on
06/18/2013 3:24:16 PM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Biden '13. Impeach now.)
To: EveningStar
Incredibly beautiful finds.
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posted on
06/18/2013 5:49:11 PM PDT
by
SueRae
(It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
To: EveningStar; Pollster1; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
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posted on
06/18/2013 6:51:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: EveningStar
For anyone interested, there's another website for Goddio:
Franck Goddio
If you click on "The Latest News" link, you can sign up for the newsletter.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:10:32 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: SunkenCiv
Amazing and incredibly well-preserved artifacts abound in the pictures at the link.
You know that I’m always complaining about the lack of pictures in the archeology threads, but this article is the jackpot.
Thank you for the ping, Mr. Civilizations.
To: TheOldLady
Thanks TOL. I should check those out.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:33:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
800 AD also coincides with the beginning of the medieval warm.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:37:59 PM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: Pollster1
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:39:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: TheOldLady
I really liked that pic of the submerged stele. Spectacular preservation.
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posted on
06/18/2013 7:42:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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