 | Heracleion off Egypt's north coast slumped into the sea some 1,200 years ago and was lost for centuries until divers rediscovered it in 2000. Archaeologists have announced a series of new finds at the underwater site. A temple and shipwrecks with treasure has been discovered among the ruins of an ancient sunken city described as the "Egyptian Atlantis". Ancient columns, 2,000-year-old pottery and bronze coins from the reign of King Ptolemy II (283 to 246 BC) were also found. |  |
 | Located at the entrance to the Nile, the city was Egypt's main international trading port, sporting statues, temples and a maze of canals. Buried under centuries of silt, the ruins and artifacts are perfectly preserved thousands of years later. |  |
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