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Ancient artifacts dating from a city flowed over 2,000 years ago were removed from the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials.
The historic treasures – which included a statue of a sphinx, Roman pieces and other relics – were brought to the ground by archaeologists and divers of the waters of Abu Qir Bay near the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, reported the Associated Press.
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The relics came from a site that may have been an extension of Canopus, an ancient city which existed during the Ptolemaic dynasty as well as the Roman Empire, reported the new France-Press agency (AFP).
The divers look at that a crane draws an artifact of waters in Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, as part of an event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to recover the engulfed antiquities. (Khaeld Desouki / AFP via Getty Images)
“These artefacts date back to old periods, going back to the Ptolemaic era, immediately after the construction of the city of Alexandria, and extending to the Roman era,” Mohamed Ismail, secretary general of the Supreme Egypt Council, told AFP.
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All statues are missing their heads and feet – damage that Ismail attributes to a natural disaster such as a tsunami or an earthquake, according to AFP.
A crane draws an artifact of the waters of Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, as part of an event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to recover the pressed antiquities. (Khaeld Desouki / AFP via Getty Images)
“These artefacts confirm that this place was once a fully integrated residential city and that the current location was a port,” added Ismail. “These pieces indicate that Alexandria was overwhelmed in the water following an earthquake or a major tsunami, and therefore all the statues are missing their heads and their feet.”
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Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt, contains a richness of historical ruins but slowly flows due to the increase in sea level. A third of the city will be uninhabitable by 2050, AFP reported, citing the United Nations forecasts.
An old artefact is recovered from the seabed from the port of Abu Qir in Alexandria, Egypt on Thursday. (Gehad Hamdy / Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
In a similar discovery, Egyptian officials announced earlier this year the discovery of a 3000 -year mining complex, with remains of old houses, workshops and even baths.
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