Herakleion
Americannoun
noun
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The car started up again, streaked through the streets of Herakleion, its two divisional commander's pennants fluttering arrogantly.
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At week's end, two representatives of both families reported that they had made contact with the lovers and urged hem to return to Herakleion.
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With those dramatic words, French underwater explorer Franck Goddio announced the discovery of Herakleion, the long-lost Egyptian port city often mentioned in classical writings and described by Herodotus.
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Next day, while Herakleion police clamped a 7 p.m. to 5 .m. curfew on the city, the opposing forces maneuvered about the mountainside.
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Nearby, they also discovered what was once the mouth of the now submerged Canopic branch of the Nile, where ancient writings had indeed placed Herakleion, a prosperous, commercial gateway to Egypt.
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