Underwater Archaeologist Franck Goddio's Discovery of a Sunken Egyptian City that played a major role in Thousand year old Rituals lead by Egypts Last Pharaoh is revealed in this excellent documentary film. Here is a snip:
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Maritime archaeologist Franck Goddio gave interesting insights into his amazing work via livestream on January 24. He shared latest developments from Ancient Egypt on the ongoing excavations of Thonis-Heracleion, located seven kilometers from the current coast of Egypt. For centuries, this city was Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean before Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BC. Supported by the Hilti Foundation, the French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio began his excavations near the Egyptian Mediterranean coast in 1996. With meticulous research and boundless energy, he and his team found the sunken cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus. Since then, not a year goes by without further sensational discoveries and unique artifacts being lifted from beneath the waves. In 2003 Franck Goddio founded the Oxford Centre for Underwater Archaeology with the support of the Hilti Foundation. This institute documents and supports scientific research. Since 2006, regular exhibitions have been held around the world to present the remarkable finds and research results to the global public Souvenirs de l'exposition « Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte », Institut du Monde arabe, Paris, du 8 septembre 2015 au 6 mars 2016. Cette grande exposition présentait 293 objets dont 250 issus des fouilles sous-marines menées par l’archéologue Franck Goddio auxquels s’ajoutait une quarantaine d'œuvres provenant des musées du Caire et d’Alexandrie. Certaines d'entre elles étaient présentées pour la première fois. L'exposition abordait l’un des grands mythes fondateurs de la civilisation égyptienne: la légende d'Osiris et la célébration des "Mystères d'Osiris" qui commémorait la mort et la renaissance d’Osiris lors de cette importante cérémonie secrète annuelle.
Play the trailer here on Vimeo https://player.vimeo.com/video/408335584
Results from 2019 excavations lead by Underwater Archaeologist Franck Goddio in Heracleion were published in many magazines and news outlets; including:
The other day Science Journalist Menaka Milhelm from called me to talk about diving on the Sunken Egyptian City of Thonis-Heracleion as part of Franck Goddio's Team. You can listen to the Brains ON Podcast Here
Space.com wrote a nice article about the effort to put a robotic lake lander on the Methane Seas of Titan, with input from Ellen Stofan , PI of the Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) project ( and later NASA Chief Scientist). "The remote lake operations were extremely useful in planning future missions to Titan," Stofan said, referring to the collaborative fieldwork undertaken at the Andean Research station established by Planetary Lake Lander Project PI and Million-View TED Speaker Nathalie Cabrol. The article gives an easy and encompassing overview of the conception and preparation of robotic research vessels to explore other watery worlds in our solar system. For posts and photos from the field exploration camp during During Dr. Stofan's visit click Here When I came out of the water after my morning dive yesterday, we had a visitor I hadn't expected on board. After shaking of the salt water and preparing to give a full report of the excavations progress on my end of the site to Director of Excavations Franck Goddio, Franck said "Let me introduce you to Bill Weir, He's from America too". Bill and his crew create a very popular hour-long show called 'The Wonder List". You might have seen or heard of it playing on CNN on Sunday nights. They tell the stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures at the crossroads. Exciting stuff. They also go way out of their way to capture beautiful imagery. I love that. And the underlying point of the show, if I got Bill's message correctly, is in "wondering" what the world will be like in the not too distant future, and what will be left that we will recognize from today.. On hearing that, they had me hook, line, and sinker. Franck asked me to take Bill for a tour of the site we are working on during the current archaeological excavation on the sunken city of Heracleion (or Thonis, in ancient Egyptian), I was enthusiastic to share the process of exploration under the sea. Before the dive, Bill and his film crew toured the ship and filmed conservation of artifacts, the 3-D photogrammetry process, our Ceramologue Catherine at work, and the many disciplines involved in an underwater archaeological excavation on a city that's been under the sea for over a thousand years. When the time came, we jumped in ( With Roland and Yoann shooting video, and Christof shooting stills) and took a leisurely stroll through the ancient city, taking in the ruins and landscape that very few people have seen since they disappeared beneath the sea. It was a very pleasant dive, but what I enjoyed the most was Bills excitement in describing what he had seen to his crew, and the cameras. He seemed genuinely surprised at what the site held in store. And for most of us, the archaeological divers on Francks team, that is what this job is really about; sharing the fascinating things that we are privileged to uncover with the world, and hoping that they will be as amazed as we are. Later in the afternoon The Wonder List Filmmakers caught the last felucca going back to the fishermen's port in Abu Kir, in order to continue shooting in Alexandria and the Nile River Delta. It will be a while before the show completes the process of creation. Months for sure. But in the meantime, as soon as I get a reasonable internet connection or return home, I look forward to checking out "The Wonder List" to see what other stories they have covered, and find out if we will likely be classified extraordinary as a places, or as creatures. All the best, Eric http://osiris-zuerich.ch/ http://www.franckgoddio.org/ http://www.hiltifoundation.org/en/ http://www.ieasm.org/ http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/ocma.html inary people, places, cultures and creatures at a crossroads.CNN's Bill Weir and filmmaker Philip Bloom tell the stories of extraordinary people, places, cultures and creatures at a crossroads. In the spirit of interdisciplinary and international cooperation, we have a Russian on the team10/23/2016 Alexander is an expert on ancient shipwreck construction and has discovered some fascinating new characteristics on one of the many shipwrecks that are associated with the sunken Egyptian city of Heracleion/Thonis. He also plays classical guitar. On the long, quiet evenings on board, the sound of his music drifts gracefully out of cabin #1 and down the corridor, bringing joy to all, especially those of us in cabins 3 and 5. Despite his overall peaceful demeanor, a warning; It does not extend to the chess board. For more information on the Heracleion and the shipwrecks please visit the Franck Goddio Society Website, or the upcoming exhibition.
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