Dear Friends,
We are excited to share with you our results of the 2021 mission in Thonis-Heracleion. We have made some extremely interesting finds, one of which is a Ptolemaic galley. She sank after being hit by huge blocks from the famed temple of Amun, which was totally destroyed during a cataclysmic event in the second century BC.
In another part of the city, we discovered remains of a large Greek cemetery covered with sumptuous funerary offerings. They date back to the very first years of the 4th century BC. This discovery beautifully illustrates the presence of the Greek merchants and mercenaries who lived in Thonis–Heracleion.