Egypt'S Sunken Treasures Exhibition At Grand-Palais

Egypt'S Sunken Treasures Exhibition At Grand-Palais. Preparation of the exhibition 'Treasures of Egypt drowned' at Grand Palais PARIS presenting a collection of over 500 pieces rescued from water in the ancient harbor of Alexandria and Aboukir Bay, by the team of French Franck Goddio, president founder of the European Institute of underwater archeology (Ieasm): three pink granite colossi of 5 m in height, yet straps off protection, have just installed be with, from left to right, a Ptolemaic royal couple (represented by a queen and a king Isis with a cobra on the forehead) and the god Hapy who personifies the Nile flood (IVth century BC.) with a tray of offerings . (Photo by Hubert Fanthomme/Paris Match via Getty Images)