Friday, December 18, 2009

Monument lifted from Cleopatra’s sunken city
[ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:34:32 GMT ]

Workers handle an ancient Egyptian granite tower that was retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria's eastern harbor on Thursday. The tower is part of a pylon of the temple to Isis, and was found next to Cleopatra's submerged mausoleum on the murky seabed.Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted up a 9-ton temple pylon that was part of the palace complex of the fabled Cleopatra before it became submerged for centuries in the harbor of Alexandria.


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