Underwater museum for Egypt / Jacques Rougerie


	Underwater museum for Egypt / Jacques Rougerie

Silkweaver

10-17-2008 12:32 PM

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archeology, egypt, museums

Silkweaver says:

Fascinating.

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10-19-2008 7:00 PM

tanyamm

That's amazing. I wonder if they'll find Cleopatra's tomb?

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It will be located off the coast of Egypt, near the new Library of Alexandria, where Cleopatra once had a palace on an island in one of the largest human-made bays in the world back in the day, submerged by earthquakes in the 4th century.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archdaily.com/7427/underwater-museum-for-egypt-jacques-rougerie/">The ruins were discovered years ago, and include several sphinxes, statues, roman and greek shipwrecks and pieces believed to be from the Pharos of Alexandria lighthouse (one of the seven ancient wonders of the world).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archdaily.com/7427/underwater-museum-for-egypt-jacques-rougerie/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AdOCcQA" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archdaily.com/7427/underwater-museum-for-egypt-jacques-rougerie/">This ruins haven’t been moved, since it would be a tremendous effort that could damage the ruins in the process.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.archdaily.com/7427/underwater-museum-for-egypt-jacques-rougerie/">With that in mind, the museum is designed as both inland and submarine. 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