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HERACLEION ,THE LOST CITY NEAR ATLANDIS

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HERACLEION ,THE LOST CITY NEAR ATLANDIS The 'lost city of Atlantis has eluded explorers for centuries and is almost certainly the stuff of myth.Staggeringly, though, an ancient city that is Atlantis in all  but name has emerged from under the sea near Alexandria — and now the  lost world of Heracleion is giving up  its treasures. Just as in the classical tale, Heracleion was once a prosperous, thriving city before it was engulfed by the sea around 1,500 years ago. It was grand enough to be mentioned by the Greek writer Herodotus, the 5th-century BC historian.  He told the fabulous story of Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world — she of the face that launched a thousand ships — travelling to Heracleion, then a port of ‘great wealth’, with her glamorous Trojan lover, Paris. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO A colossal statue of an ancient unknown Pharaoh (left) lies on a barge in an Alexandrian naval base after it was uncovered in the ancie...

JULIUS CAESAR -CLEOPATRA SON CAESARION EXECUTED ON THE ORDER OF OCTAVIAN AUGUST 23,30B.C

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JULIUS CAESAR -CLEOPATRA SON CAESARION EXECUTED  ON THE ORDER  OF OCTAVIAN AUGUST 23,30B.C "Too many Caesars is not good" Arius Didymus A relief of  Cleopatra VII  and Caesarion  at the temple of Dendera , Egypt Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar  Latin: Ptolemaeus XV Philopator Philom─Уtor Caesar;  June 23, 47 BC – August 23, 30 BC),  better known by the nicknames Caesarion (/sс╡╗╦Иz├жri╔Щn/; English: Little Caesar; Latin: Caesari┼Н) and Ptolemy Caesar (/╦Иt╔Тlс╡╗mi ╦Иsi╦Рz╔Щr/; Greek: ╬а╧Д╬┐╬╗╬╡╬╝╬▒с┐Ц╬┐╧В ╬Ъ╬▒с┐Ц╧Г╬▒╧Б, Ptolemaios Kaisar; Latin: Ptolemaeus Caesar), was the last Pharaoh of Egypt.  He was the final member of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt, from September 2, 44 BC. He held the position of sole ruler between the death of Cleopatra, on August 12, 30 BC, up to August 23, 30 BC,  the time his death was ordered by Octavian, who would become the Roman...