Alte ägyptische stadt unter wasser gefunden

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Vast treasures recovered from ancient sunken city

A huge statue from a sunken city famed in Greek legends has been recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean.

Archaeologists say they have only just begun to probe the extraordinary treasures of the sunken city of Herakleion.

About 1,000 years ago an earthquake sent Herakleion and nearby Canopus and Menouthis to the bottom of the sea.

The three cities had been known only through Greek tragedies, travelogues and legends.

A team of archaeologists, led by Frank Goddio, last year announced they had been rediscovered. The artefacts were found after a two-year search off Egypt's northern coast in waters 20 to 30 feet deep.

Herakleion's houses, temples, giant statues, port infrastructure and a colosseum still lay preserved below the Mediterranean's surface. Researchers showed off a stela - an engraved stone monument - and equally giant statues of a pharaoh, a queen and a river god.

The stela was found broken into 15 pieces that together weighed 10 tons. It was 20 feet tall, about 10 feet wide.

The stela and the three statues were to be taken to the government antiquities laboratory in Alexandria for desalinisation treatment before being sent on an international tour at the end of 2003. Details of the tour have not yet been worked out.

Modern technology, including magnetic waves, was used to map the area before excavations began.

Last updated: 13:40 Thursday 7th June 2001

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