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Sunken Egyptian city reveals 1,200-year-old secrets
Yahoo News ^
| 1st May 2013
| Eric Pfeiffer
Posted on 05/01/2013 7:30:36 AM PDT by the scotsman
'Until a decade ago, no one knew if Heracleion, believed to be an ancient harbor city, was fiction or real. Now, reports the Telegraph, the researchers who found it—150 feet beneath the surface of Egypt's Bay of Aboukir—are sharing some of the amazing historical artifacts preserved there.
The finds include 64 ships, 16-foot-tall statues, 700 anchors and countless gold coins and smaller artifacts.
According to underwater archeologist Franck Goddio, credited with having discovered the site, the city was probably built sometime around the 8th century B.C., which makes it older than the famed city of Alexandria. Over the years, it fell victim to a number of natural disasters before being swallowed by the sea, probably around A.D. 700.
“We are just at the beginning of our research,” said Goddio. “We will probably have to continue working for the next 200 years for [it] to be fully revealed and understood.”'
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: egypt; franckgoddio; godsgravesglyphs; heracleion; thonis
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To: the scotsman
The finds include 64 ships Sounds like it was a bad place to park.
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:41:38 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:44:05 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar)
To: the scotsman
1200 year old secrets? Seems like the author isn’t good at math. If the city is from 800BC then it is 2000+800 = 2800 years old (not 2000 - 800 = 1200)
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:45:21 AM PDT
by
mathprof
To: mathprof
“...swallowed by the sea, probably around A.D. 700...”
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:51:37 AM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: mathprof
And if it was covered by the sea in 700 AD, then it has been a secret for only 700 years.
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:52:16 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: mbarker12474
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:53:57 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: mathprof
1200 year old secrets? Seems like the author isn’t good at math. If the city is from 800BC then it is 2000+800 = 2800 years old (not 2000 - 800 = 1200 The author is saying it became a secret when it vanished in about 700 AD. The math is still bad by 100 years
To: Mr. Lucky
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:56:06 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: the scotsman
The finds include 64 CO2-producing, global warming-causing, sea level rise-inducing ships,...<\i>
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: FatherofFive
To: FatherofFive
Hello?
Math can be hard.
Egyptian math is even harder.
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posted on
05/01/2013 7:59:32 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Mr. Lucky
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:00:24 AM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: Repeal The 17th
“...swallowed by the sea, probably around A.D. 700...”
What happens in 700 AD should stay in 700 AD.
(The real reason I replied to you is to say that I'm coming around to agree more and more with your FR moniker.)
To: Resettozero; SunkenCiv
Sunken?
Sunkenciv is getting his props!
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05/01/2013 8:16:14 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: mbarker12474
If it was a myth until now....then i would consider it a secret or undiscovered for 2,800 years.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:17:44 AM PDT
by
rwoodward
("god, guns and more ammo")
To: lonevoice
To: the scotsman
After the new ice age starts...it may no longer be under water...
Owl Gore will still blame man made global warming...
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:26:25 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
To: the scotsman
Thanks. I enjoy these types of reports.
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:28:12 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Leftist, Progressive, Socialist, Communist, fundamentalist Islamic policies, the death of a nation.)
To: the scotsman
According to underwater archeologist Franck Goddio, credited with having discovered the site, the city was probably built sometime around the 8th century B.C., which makes it older than the famed city of Alexandria. Over the years, it fell victim to a number of natural disasters before being swallowed by the sea, probably around A.D. 700. Damn Vikings and their SUVs! Global warming strikes again!
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posted on
05/01/2013 8:38:57 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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