2,200-Year-Old Fruit Baskets Found in Underwater City of Heracleion
In the underwater city of Heracleion near Alexandria, Egypt, divers recently discovered fruit baskets, more than 2,200 years old, with fruit still inside. This city, a key Mediterranean trade hub in the Hellenistic era, sank in the second century BC due to earthquakes and tidal waves. The discovery, made by French diver Franck Goddio, includes a Greek/Egyptian wooden ship, bronze treasures,
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