#sunken cities

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Автор: AliceRein Название: Secrets of the deep Для: Deep Sea 2025 Тема спецквеста: Заброшки Канон: deep sea, затонувшие города Категория: джен Рейтинг: G Предупреждение: No Archive Warnings Apply , Collage, aesthetics

[arthistorywitches]

“One of the finest finds in Abukir Bay is the remarkable dark stone statue of a 3rd century Ptolemaic queen, very probably Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III, wearing the tunic of the Goddess Isis.

The objects recovered from the excavations illustrate the cities’ beauty and glory, the magnificence of their grand temples and the abundance of historic evidence: colossal statues, inscriptions and architectural elements, jewellery and coins, ritual objects and ceramics - a civilization frozen in time...

The quantity and quality of the archaeological material excavated from the site of Thonis-Heracleion show that this city had known a time of opulence and a peak in its occupation from the 6th to the 4th century BCE. This is readily seen in the large quantity of coins and ceramics dated to this period. The port of Thonis-Heracleion had numerous large basins and functioned as a hub of international trade. The intense activity in the port fostered the city’s prosperity. More than seven hundred ancient anchors of various forms and over 70 wrecks dating from the 6th to the 2nd century BCE are also an eloquent testimony to the intensity of maritime activity here.

...Only 5 percent of the city have yet been discovered.“

- archaeologist Franck Goddio 

photo source: Christoph Gerigk via Pinterest 

[13thpythagoras]

Dwarka. Mythical City Found Under Water?

Dwarka, one of the best-studied underwater sites in India, has commanded much attraction, also because the site is considered as one of the four "Dhamas".

Know your history: Preserved under a hundred feet of seawater this 10-20k yr old archaeological site, a city submerged by the rising oceans of the ending of our most recent ice age, is ignored by western racist pseudoscientists who populate university tenure rosters, because it doesn't support their anglocentric death cult. Yet the evidence has arrived, and a mountain of it, to support central tenets and stories of Hinduism, our planet's oldest organized religion.

[sharkchunks]

Underwater cities in cinema:

Mysterious Island

The Underwater City

War-Gods of the Deep

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

The Abyss

Waterworld

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Aquaman

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Collections Connections

by Erin Peters

As Assistant Curator who works with the ancient Egyptian collections at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), I care for and research our own collections, and also strive to be aware of connecting threads with other museums, their collections, and staff. In the wake of the devastating fire at Brazil’s National Museum that destroyed an incalculable amount of irreplaceable natural and cultural heritage (which included what is reported to be the entire Egyptian collection consisting of approximately 700 objects), it is especially important to celebrate these connections, and continue to build them.

In researching how we might update the display in our Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, Jaron Keener (CMNH Exhibit Designer and Production Manager) and I recently went to the St. Louis Art Museum. Jaron and I were excited to see the museum’s newly reinstalled permanent Egyptian collection, and to view the blockbuster travelling show, Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds. 

We looked at amazing objects (some of them rarely on view outside of Egypt), like this monumental statue of a queen in the guise of Isis.

And we were interested in how objects were displayed, like this group of processional vessels and equipment installed in front of a life-size image of a boat that would have been used in processions. The boat is similar in size to our 30-foot funerary boat from Dashur.

We were also delighted to find other objects that are similar to ours in the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt.

Our small wooden statuette of the god Serapis was found at Kasr el Harit, a small town near the Fayum in Egypt. The Fayum is a region located west of the Nile River and south of modern-day Cairo. Kasr el Harit was known as Theadelphia by the early Roman period in Egypt, and is the same site that an exquisite over-life-size wooden statue of Serapis on display in Sunken Cities was found.

While images of Serapis are common from many areas of the ancient Mediterranean, these two wooden statues are relatively rare, and show how Egypt’s desert climate has preserved an exceptional amount of material. In connecting that material across museums, cities, and countries, we can expand our knowledge and continue to discover new things about Egypt and the rest of the ancient world.

Erin Peters is assistant curator of science and research at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Museum employees are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences working at the museum.

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The Cover-Up of Dwarka existence

The legendary city of Dvaraka (or Dwarka) is mentioned in the Mahabharata as the dwelling place of Lord Krishna. Evidence emerged that the city is real but further exploration was forbidden. Dwarka is mentioned in the Mahabharata,

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Автор: AliceRein Название: Sleeping on the ocean floor Для: Deep Sea 2025 Тема спецквеста: Заброшки Канон: deep sea, затонувшие города Категория: джен Рейтинг: G Предупреждение: No Archive Warnings Apply , Collage, aesthetics

В тишине на глубине, сокрытые волнами, Спят без снов, забытые, покинутые нами. Без надежды.

[allaboutparanormal]

Heracleion – The Ancient Sunken Egyptian City

Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian city, and was the main port of entry to the Mediterranean Sea

The ruinso of honis-Heracleion located in Abu Qir Bay, currently 2.5 km off the coast.

Thonis-Heracleion known by both its Egyptian and Greek names.Its legendary beginnings go back to as early as the 12th century BC, and also mentioned by ancient Greek historians. Its importance grew particularly during the waning days of the Pharaohs.

In 2000, archaeologist Franck Goddio, discovered the city under the sea

Thonis-Heracleion was said to be visited by Paris and Helen of Troy before the Trojan war broke or begin

Thonis - Heracleion sank into the depths of the sea in the 3rd century, there are therories that the excessive weight of the city contributed to its sinking.

credits : GDDIO/HILTI FOUNDATION & PHOTOGRAPHER CHRISTOPH GERIK.