“Thonis — A Major Egyptian Port Swallowed by the Sea”

“Thonis — A Major Egyptian Port Swallowed by the Sea” September 28, 2015

 

 

Thonis Heracleion
Herakleion, or Thonis, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast
(Wikimedia CC; public domain)

 

You may have missed this interesting find:

 

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/thonis-a-major-egyptian-port-swallowed-by-the-sea/

 

http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/labcoat-life/a_sunken_egyptian_city_is

 

There are still important archaeological discoveries to be made.  Let’s just hope that ISIS doesn’t get around to destroying them for at least a while.  Because that’s change you can believe in.

 

Posted from Victor, New York

 

 


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