Definition of Heracleion. Meaning of Heracleion. Synonyms of Heracleion

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Heracleion. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Heracleion and, of course, Heracleion synonyms and on the right images related to the word Heracleion.

Definition of Heracleion

No result for Heracleion. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Heracleion from wikipedia

- Heracleion (Ancient Gr****: Ἡράκλειον Hērákleion), also known as Thonis (Ancient Gr****: Θῶνις Thônis; from the Ancient Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥn.t; Coptic: Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ...
- Gr**** trade before the foundation of Alexandria, along with Naucratis and Heracleion. Its ruins lie near the present Egyptian town of Abu Qir. Land in the...
- Geneva : Nagel, 1965), facing page 58, in ... lamps preserved in the Heracleion Museum in Greece." "A Hindu temple-sculpture from the sacred caverns of...
- to the third and fourth centuries BC, were found at the sunken city of Heracleion, colloquially known as Egypt's Atlantis. The investigations were conducted...
- from the underwater site of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that was discovered by archaeologists in 2000. Heracleion was also located on the Canopic...
- of Gr**** writing. The sister port of Naucratis was the harbour town of Heracleion, which was discovered in 2000. Archaeological evidence suggests that the...
- underwater archaeologist who, in 2000, discovered the city of Thonis-Heracleion 7 km (4.3 mi) off the Egyptian s**** in Aboukir Bay. He led the excavation...
- excavations of Franck Goddio and his team in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion. These ceremonies were fertility rites which symbolised the resurrection...
- the 7th century BC, there existed important port cities of Canopus and Heracleion. The latter was recently rediscovered underwater. Alexandria was founded...
- mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. The ancient cities of Canopus, Heracleion and Menouthis lie submerged beneath the waters of the bay. In 1798 it...