Archaeological 'treasures,' including 2,400-year-old fruit, discovered at ancient Egyptian city
Archaeological "treasures," including Greek ceramics and 2,400-year-old wicker baskets filled with fruit, have been discovered at the site of the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, off Egypt's coast. Thonis-Heracleion was Egypt's largest Mediterranean port before Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BCE. A team from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, have been studying the area for years. Along the north-east entrance canal of the submerged city the team found the remains of a large tumulus -- a Greek funerary area.
Source: cnn.com