Heracleion: Lost Egyptian City Revealed After 1,200 Years Under Sea

[NickNitro]

I absolutely love stories like this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...208.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular#slide=2391232

 

[Immortalfire]

Atlantis' next door neighbor.

 

[Pink Ranger]

If they find a skeleton of Superman impaled on a trident I'm going to freak out.

 

[Bim]

Oh wow, that's amazing!

 

[Duke]

Another mystery or quest for Indiana Jones to embark on.

 

[Teelie]

Sounds almost like what New Orleans is now, right down to the literally sinking into the ocean.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Sounds almost like what New Orleans is now, right down to the literally sinking into the ocean.

They even found a trailer-park-trash mummy flashing her boobs for a hieroglyph carver from "Girls Gone Primal."

 

[Gambit]

That is absolutely epic

 

[Hobgoblin]

Wow. I cant wait for the tablets to be translated. That is pretty frickin cool.

 

[zeroapoc]

They're going to release Imhotep.

 

[Hobgoblin]

And I for one welcome our new undead overlord.

 

[Breogan]

Wow. I cant wait for the tablets to be translated. That is pretty frickin cool.

It's a drive-through menu for Falafel Pharaoh's Phast Food chain, which was really popular back then.

Just kidding, they've already translated it, although it tells allot about the culture and times, that particualr part doesn't seem that mysterious or spectacular https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kkiOtVlDfNU#t=1350s

-They say - it tells the name and location of the city with an edict of Pharoh Nektanebos the First (378-362 BC) imposing a 10% levy on Greek goods in favour of a temple to the goddess Neith.

What they're imagining the city and main Temple to be all look pretty spectacular though, this was a likley a hub of the Meditaranean world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kkiOtVlDfNU#t=1678s

 

[Hobgoblin]

I'll have mine with lamb. I've always wanted to try lamb.

 

[Pink Ranger]

And I for one welcome our new undead overlord.

I call for myself the position of gold-painted grape boy!

 

[Hobgoblin]

I call for myself the position of gold-painted grape boy!

What if he stays in his decayed mummy form? Would you still want to be the grape boy?

 

[Pink Ranger]

What if he stays in his decayed mummy form? Would you still want to be the grape boy?

Mouse boy? Worm boy? I have a highly transferrable skill set.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Mouse boy? Worm boy? I have a highly transferrable skill set.

Your resume must be a fascinating read.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Your resume must be a fascinating read.

You've got to softpedal some parts of your past.

- 5 years as a personal assistant to senior-level management in a fast-growing emerging market economy

- Supplementary experience in the hospitality sector, specializing in acquiring and serving exotic and esoteric food products

 

[Mike_D202]

I call for myself the position of gold-painted grape boy!

Well, there goes my Halloween costume this year.

 

[Piper Maru]

Just wait until they find R'lyeh...

 

[zeroapoc]

Just wait until they find R'lyeh...

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!!!

 

[zeroapoc]

It's times like these I hate how small my avatar is.

 

[Breogan]

It's times like these I hate how small my avatar is.

Can't you use something a little bigger? (preemptive -that's what she said)

 

[zeroapoc]

I don't have enough posts for a larger avatar.

 

[Breogan]

I don't have enough posts for a larger avatar.

Wah! I guess I never checked, "50 by 50 pixels or 49.3 KB (whichever is smaller)"
At what count does it go up?

This guy is pretty awesome...

So is she!

And...

In a way they are kind of cooler under water.
Even though that's not how they originally were, I wish there was a way they could be preserved there, under water as we found them, and still be able to visit and explore/study them.

I image as it's uncovered the major structure of the city/temple will remain down there, they'll just pick at it, and anything that can be will be hauled up and away.

Will they try and reconstruct it above?