This was one of the cities mentioned by Herodotus, in reference to Helen of Troy and Paris. Lost Egyptian City Found Underwater After 1200 Years | ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD
Actually it was underwater longer than a millennium.
Just as in the classical tale, Heracleion was once a prosperous, thriving city before it was engulfed by the sea around 1,500 years ago. It was grand enough to be mentioned by the Greek writer Herodotus, the 5th-century BC historian.
He told the fabulous story of Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world — she of the face that launched a thousand ships — travelling to Heracleion, then a port of ‘great wealth’, with her glamorous Trojan lover, Paris.
Herodotus was dubbed "The Father of History" by Cicero, because he tried to tell the truth, and not the myth. I much prefer Thucydides, but he was 20 or 50 years later.
What an awesome discovery. Everything is so well preserved.
ReplyDelete