Swallowed By The Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City
Swallowed By The Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City

Swallowed By The Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City

Swallowed By The Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City

In the fading days of the pharaohs, Heracleion was the gateway to Egypt and a port beyond compare

Release date : 2014-10-15

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STV Studios,

BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Status : Released

Durasi : 59 Min.

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We all know about Alexandria, one of the greatest cities of the classical world, with its great Library and fabled Lighthouse. But Heracleion? A great port and religious centre at the mouth of the Nile, it was mentioned by the likes of Herodotus, but at some point it vanished, and its location became unknown.