13. Fruit-filled baskets dating back 2,400 years were discovered in a submerged Egyptian city.
Location: Abu Qir, Egypt’s Thonis-Heracleion
Year Found: 2021
Estimated Value: Not Known
For an extended period, scholars investigated the submerged metropolis of Thonis Heracleion, situated in the Egyptian port of Abu Qir. Numerous priceless artefacts that have been found have provided insight into the way of life of ancient Egyptians in the fourth century B.C.E.
Found in a submerged Egyptian city, 2,400-year-old baskets still full of fruit ©Memphis Tours/Flickr
Archaeologists found wicker fruit baskets in 2021 that still contained grape seeds and doum nuts, a fruit from the African palm tree that the ancient Egyptians thought to be sacred. The baskets were discovered near to a large burial mound that contained a variety of Greek funerary artefacts, suggesting that they had been kept underground as a burial offering. Mercenaries and merchants passing by who had paid their respects to whichever dignitary buried in the tumulus most likely left the items.
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