These divers found a city lost for over thousands of years and its relics under water!
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It is also two different experience, seeing a city submerged under water and bringing it back to land to recreate it. One lucky man to have seen this is obviously Frank Goddio. In the picture above he can be seen examining with awe a statue of a pharaoh. This one is above 16 feet tall! But there were more surprising things found under this sea.
Piecing Artifacts Together
This city did not submerge underwater as it is. Something terrible must have happened to have left an entire city to sink in water. If it was indeed an earthquake it did manage to destroy some artifacts. The Stele you see in the picture was discovered broken in 17 pieces. The lucky divers managed to find them all and pieced it all together like a puzzle. But one of the most incredible discovery was this.
Massive Statues
This is a red granite statue that weighs more than 4 ton and it was found near the huge temple of Heracleion. Coming across these statues in almost intact condition was nothing short of a miracle for the divers, it was as if they struck gold. But they found stuff other than statues too.
Dark Stone
This magnificent statue is the representation of a Graeco-Egyptian queen which is carved in dark stone. The legendary city which had been almost lost from the history would resurface in such glory, no one could have thought. Next, the divers found a strange plaque.
Buried Since Ages
Getting this heavy stele out which the diver Franck Goddio is pointing is this picture was another big task for the divers. Digging a little into its history, researchers found that around 370 B.C it was ordered to be built by Nectanebo I. They found other such intriguing artifacts.
An Oil Lamp
One would wish it to be an Aladin’s lamp from which a genie comes out but unfortunately, that is not so. This bronze oil lamp, almost in a normal condition was quite an amazing discovery for the divers as it is as old as 2nd century B.C. And for an oil lamp that old, it seemed to be in a good condition just like other things ahead.