00:00Lost cities uncovered, incredible facts from ancient civilizations.
00:05Deep beneath the turquoise waves of the Mediterranean lies a city lost not to legend,
00:09but to shifting earth and rising tides.
00:12Heracleion, once Egypt, is gateway to the sea, now slumbers beneath 50 feet of silt and shadow,
00:18its colossal red granite statues still standing sentinel among the ruins.
00:22For centuries, the very existence of Heracleion was consigned to myth,
00:27mentioned only in passing by ancient scribes.
00:29It wasn't until 2000 that marine archaeologists, guided by whispers of sonar echoes,
00:35rediscovered its shattered columns and halls,
00:37revealing a metropolis adorned with gold coins and rare ceramics,
00:41testimony to a city that thrived as a multicultural port long before Alexandria eclipsed it.
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