From what has been found till now, it is clear that Thonis-Heracleion was a bustling town a cosmopolitan entrance to the Mediterranean and its connection to the western world. It was a city of temples and tower houses, garlanded by harbors and all linked by a network of bridges and ferries- the city was responsible for the most traffic coming to Egypt via sea from the Mediterranean. Imagine having discovered all this knowledge AFTER digging out a buried city.