Treasures from Heracleion

Heracleion was located off Egypt's north coast. It slumped into the sea some 1,200 years ago and was lost for centuries until divers rediscovered it in 2000. Archaeologists 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.