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Archaeologists Pulled a 2,000-Year-Old Headless Statue From a Possible Lost City

created: Aug. 27, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: Aug. 28, 2025, 1:29 p.m.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archaeologists just recovered a collection of 2,000-year-old relics from the Mediterranean Sea, including Roman coins and a headless statue. Researchers believe the underwater excavation site could be an extension of the lost city of Canopus. Atlantis has long captivated humans as the legendary lost city that supposedly sank after it fell into moral decay, and while any have searched, all have failed to find the underwater remains. But though researchers haven’t found that lost civilization, they may have just discovered remains from another ancient, sunken city: Canopus. Related Story Clay Figurine Pulled From Cryptic Underwater TownSome of the artifacts include Romans coins, a sphinx, a priest figurine, and an unidentified headless statue.

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