A city has been discovered under water by archaelogists

The head of a 5.4 metre statue of red granite representing the god Hapi, which decorated the temple of the underwater ancient city of Heracleion. the god of the flooding of the Nile, a symbol of abundance and fertility, has never been discovered at such a large scale. This points to his importance for the Canopic region.

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Franck Goddio and his team with the statue of Hapi, the god of the flooding of the Nile

A Craeco-Egyptian statue of a Ptolemaic queen, probably Cleopatra II or Cleoptra III, dressed as the goddess Isis (left) and statue of the god Hapi,

On a barge he colossal triade of the temple of Heracleoin has been raised together with the assembled fragments of huge stele that dates from the 2nd century BC

An archaeologist measures the feet of a colossal red granite statue at the site of Heracleion discovered in Aboukir Bay

A broze oil lamp (late hellenistic period, about 2nd century BC) discovered in the temple of Amun

Franck Goddio with the intact and inscribed 1.9m-tall Heracleion stele commissioned by Nectanebo I in 378-362 BC. It is almost identical to the Naukratis Stele in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The placce where it was to be situated is clearly named: Thonis-Heracleion.

A red granite statue of the god Hapi, which decorated the temple of Heracleion, is pulled from the water.

A 4.9m statue of a Ptolemaic queen made out of red granite found close to the big temple of sunken Heracleion

The head of a 5m-tall pharaoh statue found close to the big temple of sunken Heracleion is raised to the surface

A bronze statuette of pharaoh of the 26th dynasty, found at the temple of Amon area at Heracleion. The sovereign wears a "blue crown"and wears the traditional shendjyt kilt or loincloth

A statue of one of the queens of the Ptolemaic dynasty, most likely a presentation of Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III

Franck Goddio inspects a stone with gold fragments from the 6th-2nd century Bc

A bronze statue of Osiris, the assassinated and resurrected king-god, adorned with the atef crown. His eyes are accentuated by fine gold sheets.

The head of a 5.4 metre statue of red granite representing the god Hapi, which decorated the temple of the underwater ancient city of Heracleion. The god of the flooding of the Nile, a symbol  of abundance and fertility, has never been discovered at such a large scale. The pointss to his importance for the Canopic region

Sources: ninemsn.com.au