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An underwater archaeological mission in Egypt's Bay of Aboukir has uncovered an extremely rare ship, believed to be over 2200 years old.Archaeologists from the Hilti Foundation's Franck Goddio underwater team were exploring the ancient Thonis-Heracleion site, when they came across Ptolemaic war ship.

They say the ship, which was moored at a landing stage of a canal along the south face of the temple, sank when it was hit by giant blocks from the famed temple of Amun during "a cataclysmic event during the second century BC".

Many special artifacts were found at the site where the ship was re-discovered

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"The fallen blocks protected these precious naval remains by pinning them to the bottom of the deep canal," Franck Goddio said. "Finds of fast galleys from this period remain extremely rare."

The ship measures more than 25 metres in length with a flat bottom, which helped navigating the Nile River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An underwater archaeological mission in Egypt's Bay of Aboukir has uncovered an extremely rare ship, believed to be over 2200 years old.

Archaeologists from the Hilti Foundation's Franck Goddio underwater team were exploring the ancient Thonis-Heracleion site, when they came across Ptolemaic war ship.

They say the ship, which was moored at a landing stage of a canal along the south face of the temple, sank when it was hit by giant blocks from the famed temple of Amun during "a cataclysmic event during the second century BC".

 Many special artifacts were found at the site where the ship was re-discovered

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"The fallen blocks protected these precious naval remains by pinning them to the bottom of the deep canal," Franck Goddio said.
"Finds of fast galleys from this period remain extremely rare."
The ship measures more than 25 metres in length with a flat bottom, which helped navigating the Nile River.