Atlantis may be fiction, but you can explore these sunken cities — including the so-called Vegas of Ancient Rome, which now hosts mostly fish and the Heracleion of Egypt.
, where the settlement clearly once sat: Ancient walls still line the land. The buildings, researchers think, date to the Mycenaeans — ancient Greeks thriving at the tail end of the Bronze Age from about 1650 to 1180 B.C.
as a World Monument Watch Site in 2016. Ideally, the label should help protect the ancient city from ships, anchors, pollution and construction.Once a major port welcoming ships as they entered the Nile’s delta, Heracleion or Thonis — depending on if you’re using the Greek or Egyptian name — supposedly sprung up in the spot where Herakles
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