Heracleion
Heracleion, also known as Thonis and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea.
Heracleion, also known as Thonis and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea. It became inundated; its remains are located in Abu Qir Bay, which in 2022 was 7 km (4.3 mi) off the coast and approximately 5.8 m (19 ft) underwater, and near Abukir. The sanctuary of Neith of Sais was located in Thonis. A stele found on the site indicates that late in its history the city was known by both its Egyptian and Greek names.
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Worth seeing in and around Heracleion
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Egyptian Air Defense College
The Egyptian Air Defenses College, One of the colleges of the Egyptian Military Academy, is the country's scientific military college aimed to supply the Egyptian Armed Forces with its need of the professional engineers. It was established in 1974.
5.1 km · scientific college of the Egyptian Military Academy · Wikipedia - 02Egyptian Naval College
The Egyptian Naval College, one of the colleges of the Egyptian Military Academy, is a military college set up to supply the navy with professional officers. It was established in October 1946.
5.3 km · College of the Egyptian Military Academy · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heracleion
- Airports
- Alexandria (HBE), 59 km · Sphinx (SPX), 153 km · El Alamein (DBB), 164 km
- Alexandria → Heracleion1163 km · quickest by air, 9h 41m · E£7,230–11,180
- Al Jiza → Heracleion1378 km · quickest by air, 9h 53m · $480–720
- El Alamein → Heracleion1169 km · quickest by air, 8h 18m · E£7,220–11,160
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No local-transport research exists yet for Heracleion
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Heracleion. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Heracleion
Heracleion is 24 km from Alexandria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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