When the demigod Hercules first arrived in north Africa, a colossal temple was erected in commemoration of his footfall at the ancient Egyptian port city of Thonis-Heracleion. The metropolis was also ...

Thonis-Heracleion once thrived at the mouth of the Nile, a vibrant city pulsing with trade and ceremony long before Alexandria rose to power in 331 BCE. It stood as Egypt’s main gateway to the ...

Divers have discovered a rare military vessel amid the sunken ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Thônis-Heracleion. Measuring over 80 feet long, the flat-bottomed ship had both oars and a large ...

Thonis was long thought to be a mystical city, but it was found and is now being explored This week on The Wonder List With Bill Weir, a look at the sunken ancient Egyptian city of Thonis and whether ...

Until 1996, two of Egypt’s greatest cities were missing. Then along came French archeologist Franck Goddio, who made an extraordinary discovery underwater. For 1,000 years, Thonis-Heracleion was ...

Archaeological “treasures,” including Greek ceramics and 2,400-year-old wicker baskets filled with fruit, have been discovered at the site of the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, off Egypt’s ...

CAIRO, Sept 19: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Tuesday an important archaeological discovery of the temple of the "goddess Aphrodite" in the sunken city of Thonis ...

These coastal civilizations have long since disappeared under the waves. But new technology is revolutionizing underwater archaeology and surfacing the remains like never before. Resting on the ...