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CANCUM UNDERWATER MUSEUM - AT COAST OF ISLA DE MUJERES ,MEXICO

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CANCUM UNDERWATER MUSEUM -  AT COAST OF ISLA DE MUJERES ,MEXICO Cancún Underwater Museum, Cancún, Mexico. Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has made the sculptures, that were placed underwater off the coast of Isla de Mujeres. This is one of the most exciting museums in the world. The exciting installation can be viewed from the glass-bottom boats, by snorkeling or scuba diving. The tourists also get to see the natural corals, that are the object of the whole concept. The museum was built in order to preserve the reef. The sculptures are made of natural materials and eventually they will become artificial reefs.

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...