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Heracleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον Hērákleion), also known as Thonis (Ancient Greek: Θῶνις Thônis; from the Ancient Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥn.t; Coptic: Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ Thōni, Coptic pronunciation: [dəˈhoːni]) [1] and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on ...
The first stele, the Stele of Naukratis was uncovered at Naukratis in 1899, and was subsequently translated. Only recently, its twin stele was recovered from the underwater site of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that was discovered by archaeologists in 2000. Heracleion was also located on the Canopic branch of the Nile.
Franck Goddio (born 1947 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French underwater archaeologist who, in 2000, discovered the city of Thonis-Heracleion [1] 7 km (4.3 mi) off the Egyptian shore in Aboukir Bay. [2]
Nectanebo was an army general from Sebennytos, son of an important military officer named Djedhor and of a lady whose name is only partially recorded, [...]mu. [6] A stele found at Hermopolis [7] provides some evidence that he came to power by overthrowing, and possibly putting to death, the last pharaoh of the 29th Dynasty Nepherites II. [8]
The ship, known as Ship 17, [3] the first of 63 ships found in Thonis-Heraclion, [1] measures up to 28 metres (91 feet 10 inches) in length. They were constructed using an unusual technique to join thick wooden planks together, and had a distinctive steering mechanism with an axial rudder passing through the keel of the hull .
A stele (/ ˈ s t iː l i / STEE-lee) or stela (/ ˈ s t iː l ə / STEE-lə) [note 1] is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted. Stelae were created for many ...
The relief is made of Pentelic marble, and it is 2,20 m. tall, 1,52 m. wide, and 15 cm thick. [4] It depicts the three most important figures of the Eleusianian Mysteries; the goddess of agriculture and abundance Demeter, her daughter Persephone queen of the Underworld and the Eleusinian hero Triptolemus, the son of Queen Metanira, [3] [4] in what appears to be a rite. [1]
Heracles holding Hyllus with Deianira nearby, as the centaur Nessus pleads for his life (Pompeii fresco) Heracles with his son Telephus, one of the Heracleidae. The Heracleidae (/ h ɛr ə ˈ k l aɪ d iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλεῖδαι) or Heraclids / ˈ h ɛr ə k l ɪ d z / were the numerous descendants of Heracles, especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of ...