Thonis-Heracleion: Egypt's Lost Gateway
In short: Thonis-Heracleion was a vital Egyptian port-city that served as a gateway for Greek trade before vanishing beneath the Nile Delta's waters.
A 1:40 short film in the series “Lost Cities”.
Sources used in this film: Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, “Research Report: Thonis-Heracleion, Emporion of Egypt, Recent Discoveries and Research Perspectives: The Shipwrecks”; Oxford Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, “THiC final reduced”; National Geographic, “These ancient cities sunk to the ocean floor. Here's how they were rediscovered.”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Tracking Nile Delta Vulnerability to Holocene Change”; Cambridge University Press, “‘Egypt’: legitimation at the museum | Antiquity | Cambridge Core”; BBC News, “Egypt's sunken cities explored at British Museum show”.
Sources used in this film
- Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections — Research Report: Thonis-Heracleion, Emporion of Egypt, Recent Discoveries and Research Perspectives: The Shipwrecks · View →
- Oxford Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies — THiC final reduced · View →
- National Geographic — These ancient cities sunk to the ocean floor. Here's how they were rediscovered. · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Tracking Nile Delta Vulnerability to Holocene Change · View →
- Cambridge University Press — ‘Egypt’: legitimation at the museum | Antiquity | Cambridge Core · View →
- BBC News — Egypt's sunken cities explored at British Museum show · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections: Research Report: Thonis-Heracleion, Emporion of Egypt, Recent Discoveries and Research Perspectives: The Shipwrecks
- Also: Oxford Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies: THiC final reduced
- Also: National Geographic: These ancient cities sunk to the ocean floor. Here's how they were rediscovered.
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Tracking Nile Delta Vulnerability to Holocene Change
- Also: Cambridge University Press: ‘Egypt’: legitimation at the museum | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
- Also: BBC News: Egypt's sunken cities explored at British Museum show
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