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24. Nov. 2016 · Strabo described the great city of Alexandria and an island just of its shore called Antirhodos, an island which was home to Queen Cleopatra s palace. Frank Goddio was now determined to find this lost palace. After 10 years of planning Giddio s team began to explore the lost, sunken island of Antirhodos. The team was guided only by the ancient ...
14. Dez. 2023 · Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, the last pharaoh of Egypt and one of history’s greatest and most enigmatic rulers, died in 30BC, but what happened to Cleopatra’s palace? Is it, as many believe, in the waters off the coast of Antirhodos, or is the location of the palace of Cleopatra an elusive relic lost to time?
The earthquake and tsunami that sank the island of Antirhodos occurred a few centuries after Cleopatra’s death, destroying and scattering the palace under about 10 meters of murky water in a small bay. Little was known of Cleopatra’s palace until the 1990s, when French archeologist Franck Goddio stumbled across the ancient writings of a ...
28. Dez. 2020 · Named Antirhodos, it would be the real home of Pharaoh Cleopatra‘s huge palace. It was then that the researcher decided that he would find the place lost and underwater. As they would say: Egyptian Atlantis. The expedition. In 1996, a team of underwater archaeologists began looking for the palace. They found, however, that it was on the ...
Today divers can see a couple of large, enigmatic sphinxes as well as red-granite columns, platforms and pavements that archaeologists speculate formed part of a former palace. There's also a remarkably complete shipwreck here that has been carbon-dated to between 90 BC and AD 130. Depth: 5m. Rating: novice. Dives can be arranged through
29. Dez. 2015 · Topped by four tall edifices shaped like the sails of a felucca, the traditional wooden sailboat of the Nile, Rougerie’s design would allow visitors to see the artifacts as they’ve stood for...
26. Mai 2010 · JASON KEYSER. Associated Press. Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over...
