Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria | Egypt
Egypt introduced a piece of a sunken city soaked under the waters on the shores of Alexandria, including buildings, works and an old dock that dates back more than 2,000 years.
The Egyptian officials said that the site, which is located in the waters of Abu Qir Gulf, could be an extension of the ancient Canopus city, which is an important center in the Ptolemaic dynasty that has ruled for about 300 years, and the Roman Empire ruled for about 600 years.
Over time, the earthquakes and rising sea levels sank the city and the nearby Herracleion port.
On Thursday, while the cranes slowly lifted the sculptures from the depths, the divers who helped to take them cheered from the shore.
“There is a lot under water, but what we can reveal is only a certain material according to strict criteria.
“The rest will remain part of our wrecking heritage.”
It includes underwater ruins, places of worship, residential areas and limestone buildings that may serve as commercial or industrial structures.
Reservoirs and rock carved pools were also revealed for domestic water storage and fish cultivation.
Other important findings include the royal figures of the pre -novel period, including a partially preserved Sphinx with the cartridge of Ramses II, one of the most famous and longest ancient Pharaohs in the country.
Many of the sculptures are missing body parts, including the lower half of the marble similarity of a Ptolemaic figure made of granite and a Roman noble.
A 125 -meter -in -chief of a 125 -meter -in -place in a 125 -meter -in -chief of the Ministry said that it was used for small boats until the Byzantine period were found.
Alexandria hosts numerous ancient ruins and historical treasures, but the second city of Egypt is at the risk of defeating Canopus and Heracleion.
The coastal city is particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis that sinks more than 3 mm each year and the rising sea levels.
Even in the best scenario of the United Nations, one -third of Alexandria will be underwater or uninhabitable by 2050.
