Drain the Oceans: Season 3, Episode 4

3 - 4: Egypt's Sunken City

Historic texts tell of a mighty Ancient Egyptian city in the Nile delta. Celebrated as a trade hub and visited by Greek gods, Heracleion mysteriously disappears from history in the 2nd century BC. After 2000 years existing only in legend, we drain away the waters of the Mediterranean to reveal this metropolis in all its former glory.