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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.
This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] ... near Heracleion and Canopus: Pikuat ... Easternmost major Egyptian city; ...
The site of the ancient port falls within the boundaries of the modern city, near today’s port area. Although ecclesiastical records do not list it as a bishopric, a bishop named Theodoros of Heracleopolis is mentioned at the Second Council of Nicaea. [14] The name was revived in the 19th century and was in use by locals as early as 1867. [15]
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] He led the excavation of the submerged site of Canopus [3] and of the ancient harbour of Alexandria (Portus Magnus), including Antirhodos Island.
In July 2019, a smaller Greek temple and ancient granite columns, treasure-laden ships, along with bronze coins from the reign of Ptolemy II, pottery dating back to the third and fourth centuries BC were found at the sunken city of Heracleion, known as Egypt's Atlantis.
Nectanebo's Egyptian personal name was Nḫt-nb.f, which means "the strong one of his lord".Greek sources rendered the name as Νεκτάνεβις (Nectanebis).The writings of Manetho which have been preserved by George Syncellus spell it Νεκτανέβης (Nectanebēs), but this is probably only based on a phonetic approximation due to iotacism. [4]
Within the Heraklion regional unit's boundaries are a number of significant Neolithic and Minoan settlements, most notably the ancient palace complexes of Knossos and Phaistos. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] While both archaeological sites evince Neolithic habitation from 7000 BC, it is the rich finds of Minoan civilisation, which flourished approximately ...