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 ...
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The pictures are amazing; this guy REALLY hit the jackpot.
Really! The stele looks as if someone tossed it in there yesterday.
The translation of the hieroglyphs should be relatively easy since they are so clear.
I hope it’s not someone’s grocery list! ;-)
Scathing political commentary might be nice, or perhaps the revelation that their pharaoh is a god.
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