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Menouthis | |
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 Map of Nile Delta showing ancient Canopus, Heracleion, and Menouthis | |
| Country | Egypt |
Menouthis was a sacred city in ancient Egypt, devoted to the Egyptian goddess Isis and god Serapis. The city was probably submerged under the sea as a result of catastrophic natural causes: earthquakes or Nile flood.[1] Land in the bay area was subject to rising sea levels, earthquakes, and tsunamis, parts of it apparently becoming submerged after a process of soil liquefaction sometime at the end of the 2nd century BC.[2]
- ^ Goddio, F., Fabre, D. eds: Egypt's Sunken Treasures, 2nd revised and updated edition, pp26-48, 2008 Prestel Verlg Munich ISBN 978-3-7913-3970-2
- ^ Shenker, Jack (15 Aug 2016). "Lost cities #6: how Thonis-Heracleion resurfaced after 1,000 years under water". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 Feb 2018.