A Lost Egyptian City Under The Sea Ancient Egyptian Cities The new excavation revealed the gold and silver treasure of the sunken temple of Amun, which included artifacts that were likely used to bless the pharaohs The lost city of Thonis-Heracleion The Bay of Abou Qir is home to the sunken, lost ancient city of Heracleion, or Thonis When the ship sank A time when the ruling days of the pharaohs was slowly coming to an end
New Finds In The Sunken City Of Thonis Herakleion Techzle That distinction may have contributed to the city's disappearance in later years "It's not like the Valley of the Kings, where everyone knew they'd been burying [pharaohs] for ten generations or (To learn more about what has been found, watch the NOVA program "Treasures of the Sunken City" or read our interview with archaeologist Jean Yves Empereur) As with any archaeological site Insider's coverage of the archaeological breakthroughs included Egyptian mummies with tongues of gold, sunken Crusader trove ancient Egyptian under-sea city Thonis-Heracleion HIDDEN deep under Italy sits an ancient sunken city once beloved by the rich and powerful and dubbed the Las Vegas of Rome Incredible underwater footage shows the abandoned ruins of the once