Sunken Antiquities Museum in Alexandria ... Journey through history

Dear Readers Which of you did not visit Alexandria And walked between being postponed And visited museums Who did not do it Missing a visit to Egypt a lot This great city, rich and historically rich large Not less than Cairo, Luxor and Aswan That those who do not know history and The question here Where are the places which indicate that?

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history of Alexandria, Library of Alexandria, Bey Citadel, palace of Cleopatra, statue Sphinx, Abu Qir Bay, Lighthouse of Alexandria

 Where places which reflect the history of Alexandria and the features of its ancient and renaissance? Where can ascertain the strength and glory of the history of this city Dzorha and striking deep in history, This city, which was on a day the capital of one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world Empire of Alexander the Great This man, who considers the West's greatest commander in western at all, and throughout history And benefited from the plans of Napoleon in his campaigns And Hitler in his wars, and some heads of the United States He is a symbol of glory and power of the West When asked where are the ancient city of Alexandria The capital of the empire of Alexander the capital ? Be there to answer it.

Where?

Exactly in front of you And you stand facing the sea shore At any point along the coast from the Library of Alexandria to Bey Citadel Yes, here in this huge coastal arch Located the remains of the ancient ruins of the city of Alexandria under the sea Specialists say that the size of the monitor as follows:

In the "top of the Okhias" (The eastern port now) We found traces of a group of Ptolemaic palaces, We also found the island Ontterods Constructed by the palace of Cleopatra - Between the head and the island- A distance of 500 meters, Stretching, currently, of the "Mosque of Abraham," so Cecil Hotel, We detected at least 5000 pieces of Antiquities, In addition to a large group of buildings, Flooring, including royal palaces, In addition to the first wooden boat, obtained in full, In the Mediterranean basin, one of the Roman era, And a length of 35 meters, width of eight meters; She lay now, at a depth of five meters, At the site opposite the Hotel Cecil, in the field of " Station elramel" famous, in Alexandria. The monitoring team's papers Nearly 1500 pieces the Antiquities of compact, On the island of Ontterods And a location believed to be the temple of the goddess Isis And the huge pillars, Of the same quality of the columns in the Temple of Luxor. And resulted in the survey, also, the discovery of And resulted in the survey, also, the discovery of 17 statue lying to the Sphinx, And a wide range of utensils, storage and transportation pottery (Omvurat), Refers to the large volume of traffic and trade in the region; May be evidence - Implicitly - The presence of other vessels, Overwhelmed and buried under the bottom sediments. Archaeologists also painted The coastal region known as the "Timonyum" Constructed where Cleopatra "Palace reflections" of Mark Antony! Archeologists also uncovered the existence of Thousands of artifacts down Bey Citadel Of columns and capitals, statues and rules And architectural elements Egyptian and Roman-pattern.

It was noted that one of the columns With a column similar elsawaree It will be recalled the fact Throwing stones and columns Serapeum At the bottom of the sea in 1167 to repel the attack of the Crusaders.

During the search for Antiquities sunken under the waters of the eastern port The existence of the phenomenon of strange underwater archaeological It is a row of huge stone blocks Of the Aswan Red Granite Scattered in a row North Castle The weights from 50 to 70 tons And indicates a method of deployment

 To fall from a high place of the impact of violent incidents Has been interpreted by a French scientists A French scientist Jean-Yves Embraer Research director of the French National Center for Scientific Research And Director of the Center of Alexandria Þetta er að þessar blokkir frá því leifar af fornu vitann í Alexandríu, It is noted that the last remnants of the lighthouse is The first floor which was destroyed by earthquake in the fourteenth century, Perhaps those pieces Remnants of the floor that fell in the water Either as a result of earthquakes Or immunization of Alexandria View of the sea against foreign invasions King of the invasion of Cyprus Campaigns of the Crusaders to Egypt.

With these archeological discoveries of large and massive To the civilization of the sunken city of Alexandria Decided to take advantage of this huge Of monuments, buildings, columns, and statues That form the streets and the revival of the ancient city of Alexandria tourist And that he should be offered to visitors from various parts of the ground And this place will become a big goal for the tourist Will be included on the agenda visit Alexandria However the magnitude of the artifacts and the difficulty of transfer and extracted from the sea inside And the cost of that very high It was decided to create the first Museum of the effects of a giant sunken in the world at a cost of approximately 150 million euros under the surface of the water.

Officials say the museum in Alexandria:

Was thinking seriously of this project, After you find the very large groups of underwater archeology, underwater In the areas of the port of East and Abu Qir Bay, East Bey Citadel, He pointed out that Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Announced during a meeting at Alexandria Creation Center That it has formed a committee to study the issue Of all aspects of technical, engineering and marine Are underway to put the draft of the work of studies and scientific research and technical Necessary to determine the scientific, environmental and marine for the establishment of the museum, After approval by the sovereign.

The museum of the city, a quantum leap in terms of tourist Especially because they are not of interest to a tourist Commensurate with being the second capital and importance of archaeological sites, He pointed out that due to the significance of effects was sunken in 1996 Establishment of the Department of Antiquities in Alexandria sinking of the Supreme Council of Antiquities for the first time And a group of Egyptian archaeologists Headed by archaeologist Dr. Ibrahim Darwish, Leading deep-sea diving in at the time. 

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