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.
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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.
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