Heracleion: Egypt's Greatest Lost City Found on the Mediterranean Sea Floor #shorts

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Ancient historians [music] described it as Egypt's greatest port.

[00:00:03]Then it vanished.

[00:00:05]For 1,200 years, >> [music] >> nobody could find it because they were looking on land.

[00:00:14]This was Thonis-Heracleion, >> [music] >> the gateway to the world, a city of legend visited by kings and heroes.

[00:00:21]In 2000, [music] it was found.

[00:00:23]Buried under 10 m of water, a treasure trove of colossal statues [music] and temple ruins waited. Perfectly preserved, they discovered [music] 79 shipwrecks, weapons of Greek mercenaries, and a temple to the goddess Aphrodite.

[00:00:38]It was destroyed [music] by earthquakes and floods.

[00:00:41]The city sank into the soft delta sediment, swallowed by the sea.

[00:00:45]>> [music] >> Today, only a small part has been excavated. A whole residential district [music] remains untouched, a time capsule from antiquity. Sea is still returning [music] what it took. Which discovery surprises you most? Follow to find out more.