Organization / PublicationFranck Goddio / Hilti Foundation / Discovery Channel
CategoryScience & Technology stories
Prize3rd prize
Date00-05-1999
CountryEgypt
PlaceAbu Qîr Bay
CaptionOver 2,000 years ago the port of Herakleion, at the mouth of the River Nile, was the maritime gateway to Egypt. Now the city lies beneath the waters of the Bay of Abukir of the Egyptian north coast. It is not yet known whether what caused Herakleion to sink was a cataclysmic or a gradual subsidence. The lost city was uncovered by Frank Goddio, founder of the European Institute of Underwater Archeology.
