History with Kayleigh | UNIQUE EGYPTIAN DISCOVERY! Sunken Ancient War Ship & Greek Cemetery At Thônis-Heracleion. @HistoryWithKayleigh | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Credits of Underwater Footage and Pictures; Christoph Gerigk©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation franckgoddio.org
Credit of graphic of Thonis-Heracleion (0:52 and 1:44): Yann Bernard©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation
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Underwater archaeologists went to explore the Egyptian bay of Abū Qīr just 32 kilometers north east of Alexandria when they stumbled upon the remnants of a sunken military warship.
The ship dating from the second century BCE was believed to have been docked beside the Temple of Amun in the Sunken City of Thônis-Heracleion, when the building collapsed the ship sank as it was struck by the falling large blocks from the Temple.
You’ve most likely heard of this Sunken City that was discovered by the French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and a team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology in 2000 after a 4 year long geophysical survey.
The research and underwater excavations are still ongoing to this day, for 21 years the work to uncover this sunken city’s secrets has continued.
Franck Goddio estimates that roughly 5% of the city has been uncovered so far.
The city was founded approximately in the 12th century BCE and has been mentioned by quite a few ancient Greek historians.
Originally the city was built on top of adjoining islands in the Nile Delta, intersected by canals with numerous harbors.
The temples and other buildings were connected by boats and bridges, the city was the main hub for the collection of taxes.
The city had a large temple to the son of Amun, Khonsou, who was known to the Greeks as Herakles.
During the 6th and 4th century BCE the city flourished and the worship of Amun became more prominent, a large temple of Amun-Gereb was located in the middle of the city and Pharaoh Nectanebo I made many additions to the temple in the 4th century BCE.
It’s mostly famous for the large 1.99 meter long black granodiorite stele known as the Decree of Nectanebo I, which they discovered in 2000.
This is the twin of the stele of Naukratis, which was discovered in 1899 at the Temple of Amun in the city of Naukratis, some 72 kilometers south east of Heracleion on the same branch of the Nile.
This was a very unique occasion in the history of Archaeology, to have discovered 2 copies of the same order by Nectanebo I, discovered practically on the spot where they had been originally placed.
The Stele of Thônis-Heracleion seemed to have been buried voluntarily before the sinking of the city, it was placed face down in the soil after it had been carefully coated with clay to protect the Hieroglyphs.
The port of the city was Egypt’s main hub of international trade prior to the Construction of Alexandria in the 2nd century BCE by Alexander the Great, the intensity of maritime activity can be shown by the earlier discoveries of over 70 shipwrecks and more than 700 anchors in the mud of the bay.
Gold coins, weights from Athens and Giant tablets inscribed with ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian were discovered as well.
Among the discovered artefacts were numerous religious artefacts, including almost 5 meter tall stone statues that have been believed to adorn the city’s central temple and limestone sarcophagi that most likely contained mummified animals.
Over time the city struggled due to a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis and rising sea levels and eventually became so weakened that at the end of the 2nd century the ground on which the city was built started to succumb to soil liquefaction.
#WarShipDiscovered #Thonis-Heracleion #AncientWarShip
Music; Adrian von Ziegler
Sources; smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-find-second-century-military-ship-sunken-egyptian-city-180978244
news.artnet.com/art-world/divers-discover-ancient-military-vessel-thonis-heracleion-1991300
greekreporter.com/2021/07/19/ancient-greek-shipwreck-discovered-egypt
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Credits of Underwater Footage and Pictures; Christoph Gerigk©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation franckgoddio.org
Credit of graphic of Thonis-Heracleion (0:52 and 1:44): Yann Bernard©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation
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Underwater archaeologists went to explore the Egyptian bay of Abū Qīr just 32 kilometers north east of Alexandria when they stumbled upon the remnants of a sunken military warship.
The ship dating from the second century BCE was believed to have been docked beside the Temple of Amun in the Sunken City of Thônis-Heracleion, when the building collapsed the ship sank as it was struck by the falling large blocks from the Temple.
You’ve most likely heard of this Sunken City that was discovered by the French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and a team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology in 2000 after a 4 year long geophysical survey.
The research and underwater excavations are still ongoing to this day, for 21 years the work to uncover this sunken city’s secrets has continued.
Franck Goddio estimates that roughly 5% of the city has been uncovered so far.
The city was founded approximately in the 12th century BCE and has been mentioned by quite a few ancient Greek historians.
Originally the city was built on top of adjoining islands in the Nile Delta, intersected by canals with numerous harbors.
The temples and other buildings were connected by boats and bridges, the city was the main hub for the collection of taxes.
The city had a large temple to the son of Amun, Khonsou, who was known to the Greeks as Herakles.
During the 6th and 4th century BCE the city flourished and the worship of Amun became more prominent, a large temple of Amun-Gereb was located in the middle of the city and Pharaoh Nectanebo I made many additions to the temple in the 4th century BCE.
It’s mostly famous for the large 1.99 meter long black granodiorite stele known as the Decree of Nectanebo I, which they discovered in 2000.
This is the twin of the stele of Naukratis, which was discovered in 1899 at the Temple of Amun in the city of Naukratis, some 72 kilometers south east of Heracleion on the same branch of the Nile.
This was a very unique occasion in the history of Archaeology, to have discovered 2 copies of the same order by Nectanebo I, discovered practically on the spot where they had been originally placed.
The Stele of Thônis-Heracleion seemed to have been buried voluntarily before the sinking of the city, it was placed face down in the soil after it had been carefully coated with clay to protect the Hieroglyphs.
The port of the city was Egypt’s main hub of international trade prior to the Construction of Alexandria in the 2nd century BCE by Alexander the Great, the intensity of maritime activity can be shown by the earlier discoveries of over 70 shipwrecks and more than 700 anchors in the mud of the bay.
Gold coins, weights from Athens and Giant tablets inscribed with ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian were discovered as well.
Among the discovered artefacts were numerous religious artefacts, including almost 5 meter tall stone statues that have been believed to adorn the city’s central temple and limestone sarcophagi that most likely contained mummified animals.
Over time the city struggled due to a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis and rising sea levels and eventually became so weakened that at the end of the 2nd century the ground on which the city was built started to succumb to soil liquefaction.
#WarShipDiscovered #Thonis-Heracleion #AncientWarShip
Music; Adrian von Ziegler
Sources; smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-find-second-century-military-ship-sunken-egyptian-city-180978244
news.artnet.com/art-world/divers-discover-ancient-military-vessel-thonis-heracleion-1991300
greekreporter.com/2021/07/19/ancient-greek-shipwreck-discovered-egypt
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