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Heracleion
:''Heracleion is also a spelling of Heraklion, Crete's largest city and capital.''
Heracleion (), also known as Thonis (), was an ancient Egyptian city near Alexandria whose ruins are located in Abu Qir Bay, currently 2.5 km off the coast, under of water.〔("Heracleion Photos: Lost Egyptian City Revealed After 1,200 Years Under Sea" ''The Huffington Post'' )〕 Its legendary beginnings go back to as early as the 12th century BC, and it is mentioned by ancient Greek historians. Its importance grew especially during the waning days of the Pharaohs—the late period, when it was Egypt's main port for international trade and collection of taxes.
Heracleion was originally built on some adjoining islands in the Nile Delta, and was intersected by canals. It possessed a number of harbours and anchorages, was the sister city of Naucratis, and was superseded by Alexandria.
==Legendary beginnings==
It was believed that Paris and Helen of Troy were stranded here on their flight from the jealous Menelaus, before the Trojan war began or that Menelaus and Helen had stayed there, accommodated by the noble Egyptian Thon and Polydamna. Also, it was believed that Heracles himself had visited the city, and that the city had gained its name from him.
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