Cleopatra Palace Found Underwater

Cleopatra Palace Found Underwater. Mystery of Cleopatra's Palace at the bottom of the sea continues to be revealed. In a mission of the dives, the team of scientists get important findings in the ruins of the building at the bottom of the sea, which is believed to be a Palace and Temple of Isis, the place where the Queen of Ancient Egypt never enthroned.

The ruins of it are in the bottom of the sea around the island of Anthirodos, located near the port city of Alexandria, Egypt. Valuables from the ruins of the Palace, which was first discovered in 1996, will be exhibited in the United States (u.s.) began as early as next June.


Divers swim among heaps of limestone that sank to the bottom of the sea by earthquakes and tsunamis more than 1,600 years ago. A team of divers from a number of countries it painstakingly excavating one of underwater archaeological sites in the world's richest.

They also take marvellous legacy artifacts when Cleopatra era, known as the last dynasty of rulers of Ancient Egypt before colonized by the Roman Empire in 30 (BC).

Using the latest technology, the team detected a popular resort ruins buried deep in the bottom sediments of the port. Finally a team of divers to confirm the accuracy of the description of the city of Alexandria, which was abandoned by the geographer and historian of Greece about 2,000 years ago.

Since the early 1990s, survey the topography allows the research team led by underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio, France, conquered the port of Alexandria to a distance of view is very less. "This is the site of a unique Location in the world," said Goddio, who has missed the past two decades in search of the lost city.

This exploration of carrying the team of divers visit the Palace and the Temple of Isis. In a place that's romance with Cleopatra in a relationship, the Roman general Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony). They reportedly committed suicide after the defeat of Anthony of former allies, Octavian, in the civil war. Octavian then appeared to lead the Roman Emperor Augustus.

A team of divers found a number of places in the life of a dramatic pair of Cleopatra-Antony, including Timonium, where Antony withdrew from the outside world after swallowing defeat of Octavian. The building was not yet completed work because Antony has committed suicide.

They also found a large-sized head-shaped stones, which alleged strong as Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and her lover before Antony, Julius Caesar. The team also discovered two statues of the sphinx that one of these possibilities is a father of Cleopatra, Ptolemy XII.

The discovery in the waters off Alexandria will be exhibited at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, United States, from 5 June to January 2, 2010 in the exhibition entitled "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt". The exhibition will then continue on to other cities in North America.