Thonis-Heracleion: The Sunken City of the Pharaohs

Twenty-five years ago, underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio exhumed the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, as described by Herodotus, from the waters of the Mediterranean. Since then, he has never ceased his efforts to unravel the mysteries of this “Egyptian Atlantis.”

Through a new excavation campaign bringing together a multidisciplinary team of scientists, he is undertaking to reconstruct the lost city and reveal its eventful past. The film was shot over more than a year between France, Egypt, and the United Kingdom, utilizing hundreds of hours of underwater footage and archives.