One thousand sunken relics in Alexandria
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A French archaeological team has retrieved more than 1000 artifacts,
including statues and busts of Pharoanic gods and goddesses, from the Mediterranean Sea floor off Egypt's Northern Coast. The artifacts found during archaeological surveys last month date back to the 3rd and 5th centuries B.C. "The discovery also includes tools and containers used in religious rituals", Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, a senior official in the Supreme Council of Antiquities said. The French mission, led by Franck Goddio, has left for Paris, Abdel Maqsoud said, and its members could not immediately be reached for comment.
"The most impressive and beautiful item is a diorite bust of an unidentified person with long hair, which some believe (could be) the Nile god, Hapy," Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, said in a statement.
Speaking to reporters, Minister of Culture declared that the location of the discovery was previously the Temple of Hercules in Herculean, the ancient sunken city. The find included busts of Egyptian deities Isis, Osiris and Bastet.
All of the artifacts have been removed to be cleaned of seaweed and salts and to be restored, the Supreme Council's statement said.
The French team working in Abu Qir bay in the port city of Alexandria previously has found the 2000-year-old ruins of Cleopatra's palace and the flagship of Napoleon's fleet, L'Orient, which sank Aug. 1, 1798, in a battle with the British fleet of Adm. Horatio Nelson.
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