Ⅲ.阅读理解
It is a city swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea and buried in sand and mud for more than 1,200 years. But now archeologists are unearthing the mysteries of Heracleion, uncovering amazingly wellpreserved artifacts(手工艺品) that tell the story of an ancient port.
Known as Heracleion to the ancient Greeks and Thonis to the ancient Egyptians, the city was rediscovered in 2000 by French underwater archaeologist Dr. Franck Goddio and a team from the European Institute for Underwater Acheology (IEASM) after a fouryear geophysical survey. The ruins of the lost city were found 30 feet under the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria.
Many major discoveries were made at ThonisHeracleion during a 13year excavation(挖掘). Exciting archeological finds help describe an ancient city that was not only an important international trade center but possibly an important religious center.
Research now suggests that ThonisHeracleion served as a busy trade port between the Mediterranean and the Nile.
So far, 64 ancient shipwrecks(失事船残骸)have been unearthed from the mud of the bay. Other findings include gold coins and weights(秤砣) from Athens (which have never before been found at an Egyptian site). Researchers have also uncovered a variety of religious artifacts in the sunken city, including 16foot stone sculptures thought to have decorated the city's central temple.
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