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Behind the veil of courtesy are tales from the diving pioneers themselves, legends in their own right. They reveal minor scandals, infidelity, theft of ideas

CAIRO — On Oct. 1, 2017, the submarine S-42 set sail from the ThyssenKrupp shipyard in Kiel, northern Germany. The fourth of four submarines ordered by the Egyptian government since the start of the Arab spring — at a cost of 1.4 billion euros — quietly passed through the Kiel Canal to the port city...

Although the opposing sides were European, their status as imperial powers meant the Napoleonic Wars played out in many different corners of the world. Michael Rapport explores the conflict’s surprising global impact.

How was the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion discovered? Thonis-Heracleion (the Egyptian and Greek names of the city) is a city lost between legend and reality. Before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, the city knew glorious times as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world.

The temple was once part of a legendary city that disappeared after it sunk into the Mediterranean, more than 1,000 years ago.