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It remained lost for many years.

Goddio’s team had located the lost city and its many relics.

In 2000, technology helped scientists locate an ancient city that had been submerged in water for thousands of years.

In 2000, technology helped scientists locate an ancient city that had been submerged in water for thousands of years.

In 1999, archaeologist Franck Goddio and a team of divers headed to the bay.

Thonis-Heracleion was a thriving Egyptian port city until a natural disaster caused it to sink into the Abu Qir Bay.

Then in 1933, a pilot flying over the bay spotted its ruins.

Different explorers searched the bay, but the city remained lost for 67 more years.

Thonis-Heracleion was a thriving Egyptian port city until a natural disaster caused it to sink into the Abu Qir Bay

They used sonar and satellite technology to map the sea floor.

The next year, the divers found rock from a 17-foottall statue that had guarded a great temple

It remained lost for many years.

The maps helped them identify sites where ruins might be located.