Conference "Heracleion in context":
Press review
PASTHORIZONS
Research sheds light on ancient Egyptian port and ship graveyard
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, was examined at a recent international conference at the University of Oxford. The port city, situated 6.5 kilometres off today’s coastline, was one of the biggest commercial hubs in the Mediterranean before the founding of Alexandria. (...)
Research sheds light on ancient Egyptian port and ship graveyard
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, was examined at a recent international conference at the University of Oxford. The port city, situated 6.5 kilometres off today’s coastline, was one of the biggest commercial hubs in the Mediterranean before the founding of Alexandria. (...)