Location: Thonis-Heracleion, Abu Qir, Egypt
Year Discovered: 2021
Est. Value: Unknown
For several years, scientists dug deep into the sunken metropolitan area of Thonis Heracleion, which lies in Abu Qir, a bay in Egypt.
They have actually discovered lots of precious artifacts that have clarified how old Egyptians in the fourth century B.C.E. lived.
In 2021, archeologists recuperated wicker fruit baskets with grape seeds and doum nuts (fruit from the African Hand Tree when took into consideration sacred to ancient Egyptians) still in them.
The baskets had actually been saved underground, likely as an interment offering, as they were discovered next to a substantial funeral pile with an array of Greek funerary goods alongside them.
The products were likely left by passing mercenaries and also vendors who had paid their areas to whatever dignitary was hidden in the tumulus.