Enjoy your tour with history Through the details of the museum To be established under the water in Alexandria To see the ancient sunken city of Alexandria And the Royal palaces and temples History is full of magic and mystery
The government has made contacts with the Organization UNESCO For help on how to implement and finance the new museum In turn, began to make contacts with the UNESCO world cultural circles To start a fundraiser for the establishment of underwater archeology museum in Alexandria,
After the choice of design Made by the French architect Jack Roh Through an architectural competition World Which had been put Under the auspices of the Organization «UNESCO», And involving Four of the most famous and most efficient Architects in the world.
Will be the implementation of these studies Under the supervision of the international organization,
To be later Commencement of construction of the museum Which will become, According to officials, A new beacon of the city of Alexandria, To be A journey through time To discover the secrets Ancient sunken city, Through Traffic corridors within the glass.
The museum consists To be established Of two parts, I built over the surface of the Earth Is a window open For the Eastern Harbour panorama Leads to the main building Completely submerged under water, And the second will be Four sails represent the four directions, This building is divided To the part above the surface of the sea About 20 meters,
Leads to another part depth of 7 meters Beneath the surface of the water.
And will display the section above the water surface, Set pieces Which Ancltha Egyptian-French mission Under the chairmanship of Archaeological Frank Guido During the past years, Which toured Within an international exhibition Some European countries Corridors and will help visitors above the ground glass To transfer them to another part of the underwater Visitors to discover which Sunken City and the Temple of Amun and the old port and the Palace of Dreams Which was built by Mark Antony's Queen Cleopatra.
The beaches are filled with Alexandria And especially in the Bay of Abu Qir And the Eastern Harbour The treasures of the underwater archeology Which sank due to natural phenomena Over 15 centuries, Especially earthquakes Who made Much of the buildings, palaces and forts of Alexandria in the sea water. Among the most famous of these buildings That toppled by earthquakes Ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria Separately the seven wonders of the world. The importance of Sunken Treasures Port to the huge sunken At the bottom of the rock island of Pharos In the southwestern part, In addition, That sea level has risen two meters since the Roman era. The required lift these antiquities Participation of teams from Divers and the use of electronic detection methods and techniques of modern Geophysical, Were keen to use the devices Measurement of nuclear magnetic resonance and ultrasound To the implementation of detection after physical and topographic studies.
For its part, Began the Italian Mission to the effects of the sunken Archaeological Survey of Nelson Island In the area of Abu Qir Bay On the Mediterranean coast east of Alexandria, For the detection of sunken treasures, Which is still maintained by the water there.
The mission of the League «Torino» The effects of the sunken Italian Survey work under the supervision of Supreme Council of Antiquities, It includes six of archeologists Of different nationalities And a number of Egyptian archeologists, And focus its business on three of the most important archaeological sites submerged, Include the military garrison, which dates back to the Hellenistic era And cemetery dating back to the Pharaonic era, In addition to the graves of soldiers of the French campaign in Egypt. The archaeologist said Alaa Mahrous Director General of Antiquities in Alexandria, sunken, The work of the Mission Complements Oamllagha initiated by 1999 And headed the archaeological Paulo Jaollo And carried out numerous acts of archaeological survey, Pointing out that the excavations Included Antiquities Which reflect the different ages Witnessed by Egypt during ancient times and modern.
Historically, real interest began Antiquities sunken in Egypt in 1866 When put Mahmoud Pasha Astronomical The first map of ancient Alexandria And around the archaeological The bottom of the modern buildings in Alexandria.
And then The Astronomical select Locations of cities and old canals, The most important monuments sunken port east Building on the work of archaeological excavation and probing by the broad, At that time Astronomical research first published in French Followed by «John Gaston Day» Director General of the Egyptian ports Between 1910 and 1914 Except that the latter Punished for the discovery of the sunken antiquities Charges of negligence The grounds that the discoveries «A departure from the requirements of duty and career» Director of Ports! In the view of historians That the real beginnings of the exploration for archaeological sunken treasures, Dating back to 1933 When he saw the Prince Omar Toson City «Menots» ancient sunken Off the coast of Abu Qir Known as the «old Canopus», The pilot, in collaboration with the English Identified the ruins of the sunken city from the air, He was able to discover Marble head of Alexander the Great.
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