Heracleion
Submerged settlement · Egypt
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 31.304, 30.101
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: ancient Egyptian city, now submerged, near Abukir
History
Heracleion, also known as Thonis and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea. It became inundated; its remains are located in Abu Qir Bay, which in 2022 was 7 km (4.3 mi) off the coast and approximately 5.8 m (19 ft) underwater, and near Abukir. The sanctuary of Neith of Sais was located in Thonis. A stele found on the site indicates that late in its history the city was known by both its Egyptian and Greek names.