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La isla de Creta es un auténtico paraíso. Está llena de lugares increíbles en donde la Naturaleza campa a sus anchas. La civilización minoica es una de las más antiguas del mundo. Los palacios de Knosos y Festos son una pasada. El museo de Heracleion es interesantísimo. Creta es la patria de unos de los mejores pensadores del siglo XX: Nikos Kazantzakis.
Heracleion sank beneath the waves so long ago. Mortals have since forgotten the glory of the Egytpian’s foremost port city. But the dead…They remember. Careful traveler, as you swim in the warm african waters, or they might just remind you.
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I played around with some snapshots I took at this exhibit:
Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds
March 25 - September 9, 2018
In 2018, the Saint Louis Art Museum will be the first North American art museum to tell the epic story of one of the greatest finds in the history of underwater archaeology, a story that revealed two lost cities of ancient Egypt submerged under the Mediterranean Sea for over a thousand years. World-renowned underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team discovered these submerged worlds and uncovered stunning ancient religious, ceremonial, and commercial artifacts, which has led to a greater understanding of life during the age of pharaohs.
More than 200 of these authentic artifacts, including three colossal 16-foot sculptures of a pharaoh, a queen, and a god will be on view. Objects range from the colossal sculptures to precious gold coins and jewelry, bronze vessels, objects inscribed in the ancient Egyptian or Greek languages, and statues from the sunken and forgotten ancient cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus. They will be seen alongside ancient Egyptian artifacts from museums in Cairo and Alexandria, many of which have never been on view in the United States.
The exhibition is curated by Franck Goddio. The presentation in St. Louis is co-curated by Lisa Çakmak, the associate curator of ancient art.
Thonis-Heracieion, late period dynasty 30 made of black granodiorite.
This stele records a decree issued by the pharaoh Nectanebo I (reigned 380-362 BC) granting increased subsidies to the temple of Neith, the goddess of war and creation, in Sais, the city farther south on the Nile.
The stele was discovered in the sunken temple of Amun-Gerbe, the most important religious sanctuary of Thonis-Heracieion.
Photographed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts special exhibition, 'Treasures of Egypt: Sunken Cities'. The VMFA always presents amazing special exhibitions. The soft lighting in many of the galleries felt like you had walked into an ancient Egyptian temple.
At the top of the Stele of Thonis-Heracleion, the detail of the hieroglyphics was amazing considering this stone slab was underwater for hundreds of years.
Le réveil d'Osiris
26ème dynastie
gneiss, or, électrum, bronze
Musée égyptien, le Caire
Objet présenté dans l'exposition Osiris
Site de l'exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)
www.imarabe.org/exposition/osiris-mysteres-engloutis-d-eg...
A l'Institut du Monde Arabe jusqu'au 31 janvier 2016, la nouvelle exposition de Franck Goddio, qui explore depuis près de 25 ans, les rades d'Alexandrie et d'Aboukir, est centrée sur les mystères d'Osiris, culte pratiqué dans l'Egypte antique dans les villes de Canope et de Thônis-Héracléion, aujourd'hui englouties dans la rade d'Aboukir.
Il y expose les objets découverts par son équipe d'archéologues sous-marins au coté d'objets du musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie et du musée égyptien du Caire.
Cette exposition fait suite à l'exposition sur le même thème qui s'est tenue au Grand Palais fin 2006-début 2007 mais qui traitait également des recherches de l'équipe de Franck Goddio sur les palais engloutis dans la rade d'Alexandrie.
Les résultats des fouilles dirigées par Franck Goddio sont particulièrement remarquables et font de cette exposition une des plus attractives de cette fin d'année 2015 à Paris.
Pectoral
Or, lapis-lazuli, verre L.19cm
Trouvé à Tanis dans la tombe du Pharaon Chechonq II (environ 890 av. J.-C.)
Objet conservé au Musée égyptien du Caire
Ce pendentif, figurant dans l'exposition "Osiris, mystères engloutis d'Egypte" à l'IMA, (commissaire Franck Goddio) représente la barque solaire flottant sur les eaux primordiales sous un ciel étoilé, représentation du voyage du soleil chaque nuit avant sa renaissance à l'aube.
Sur le disque solaire, en lapis-lazuli, figurent Amon-Rê-Horakhty, assis sur un trône face à la déesse Maât, qui symbolise l'ordre cosmique. De chaque coté, Isis et Nephtys les protègent avec leurs ailes.
Site de l'exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)
www.imarabe.org/exposition/osiris-mysteres-engloutis-d-eg...
Voir l'excellente publication hors série d'Archéologia, n°18, 2015 sur l'exposition
A l'Institut du Monde Arabe jusqu'au 31 janvier 2016, la nouvelle exposition de Franck Goddio, qui explore depuis près de 25 ans, les rades d'Alexandrie et d'Aboukir, est centrée sur les mystères d'Osiris, culte pratiqué dans l'Egypte antique dans les villes de Canope et de Thônis-Héracléion, aujourd'hui englouties dans la rade d'Aboukir.
Il y expose les objets découverts par son équipe d'archéologues sous-marins au coté d'objets du musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie et du musée égyptien du Caire.
Cette exposition fait suite à l'exposition sur le même thème qui s'est tenue au Grand Palais fin 2006-début 2007 mais qui traitait également des recherches de l'équipe de Franck Goddio sur les palais engloutis dans la rade d'Alexandrie.
Les résultats des fouilles dirigées par Franck Goddio sont particulièrement remarquables et font de cette exposition une des plus attractives de cette fin d'année 2015 à Paris.
Photos de la rencontre de l'auteur avec Franck Goddio en 2003 sur le site de fouilles sous-marines en rade d'Aboukir, au moment de la présentation à la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie de l'exposition sur l'archéologie sous-marine organisée par les ministères français de la culture et des affaires étrangères en collaboration avec la Fondation Maison des sciences de l'Homme.
Statue de Reine
Granit noir H : 1,5 m
Trouvée à Canope en 2001 par l'équipe de Franck Goddio (IEASM)
(3ème siècle av. J.-C., époque ptolémaïque)
Statue conservée au Musée des antiquités de la Bibliotheca Alexandrina - IEASM en Egypte
Statue figurant dans l'exposition "Osiris, mystères engloutis d'Egypte" à l'IMA, (commissaire Franck Goddio)
Le cartel de l'exposition indique que le noeud joignant les extrémités du châle pourrait identifier Isis, incarnée par Arsinoe II, prenant elle-même l'aspect d'Aphrodite.
Ptolémée II (-309 / -246) qui était le frère et l'époux d'Arsinoé II, en avait imposé le culte.
Franck Goddio voit dans cette statue, sortie de l'eau, l'ancêtre de la Vénus de Botticelli.
Site de l'exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)
www.imarabe.org/exposition/osiris-mysteres-engloutis-d-eg...
A l'Institut du Monde Arabe jusqu'au 31 janvier 2016, la nouvelle exposition de Franck Goddio, qui explore depuis près de 25 ans, les rades d'Alexandrie et d'Aboukir, est centrée sur les mystères d'Osiris, culte pratiqué dans l'Egypte antique dans les villes de Canope et de Thônis-Héracléion, aujourd'hui englouties dans la rade d'Aboukir.
Il y expose les objets découverts par son équipe d'archéologues sous-marins au coté d'objets du musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie et du musée égyptien du Caire.
Cette exposition fait suite à l'exposition sur le même thème qui s'est tenue au Grand Palais fin 2006-début 2007 mais qui traitait également des recherches de l'équipe de Franck Goddio sur les palais engloutis dans la rade d'Alexandrie.
Les résultats des fouilles dirigées par Franck Goddio sont particulièrement remarquables et font de cette exposition une des plus attractives de cette fin d'année 2015 à Paris.
Photos de la rencontre de l'auteur avec Franck Goddio en 2003 sur le site de fouilles sous-marines en rade d'Aboukir, au moment de la présentation à la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie de l'exposition sur l'archéologie sous-marine organisée par les ministères français de la culture et des affaires étrangères en collaboration avec la Fondation Maison des sciences de l'Homme (Jean-Luc Lory).
Simpulum
bronze
IVe-IIe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 395 (?)
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Statue d'Antinoüs
Après sa mort, Antinoüs a été divinisé, il est ici représenté en pharaon
IIè siècle
Calcaire
Musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie
Sculpture présentée à coté de la statue de l'empereur romain Hadrien dont Antinoüs était le favori.
Site de l'exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)
www.imarabe.org/exposition/osiris-mysteres-engloutis-d-eg...
A l'Institut du Monde Arabe jusqu'au 31 janvier 2016, la nouvelle exposition de Franck Goddio, qui explore depuis près de 25 ans, les rades d'Alexandrie et d'Aboukir, est centrée sur les mystères d'Osiris, culte pratiqué dans l'Egypte antique dans les villes de Canope et de Thônis-Héracléion, aujourd'hui englouties dans la rade d'Aboukir.
Il y expose les objets découverts par son équipe d'archéologues sous-marins au coté d'objets du musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie et du musée égyptien du Caire.
Cette exposition fait suite à l'exposition sur le même thème qui s'est tenue au Grand Palais fin 2006-début 2007 mais qui traitait également des recherches de l'équipe de Franck Goddio sur les palais engloutis dans la rade d'Alexandrie.
Les résultats des fouilles dirigées par Franck Goddio sont particulièrement remarquables et font de cette exposition une des plus attractives de cette fin d'année 2015 à Paris.
Autres représentations d'Antinoüs
www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/15412909742/in/album-721576...
www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/5888638535/in/album-7215762...
Statuette
Calcaire
Trouvée à Thônis-Héracléion par l'équipe de Franck Goddio
(5ème siècle av. J.-C.)
Statue conservée au Musée maritime d'Alexandrie - IEASM en Egypte
Statue figurant dans l'exposition "Osiris, mystères engloutis d'Egypte" à l'IMA, (commissaire Franck Goddio)
Le cartel de l'exposition indique que la statuette pourrait évoquer le dieu phénico-chypriote Baâl ou encore le dieu phénicien Melquart, assimilé à Héraclès. La cité portuaire de Thônis-Héracléion entretenait des relations commerciales avec les ports de la Méditerranée orientale.
Site de l'exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA)
www.imarabe.org/exposition/osiris-mysteres-engloutis-d-eg...
A l'Institut du Monde Arabe jusqu'au 31 janvier 2016, la nouvelle exposition de Franck Goddio, qui explore depuis près de 25 ans, les rades d'Alexandrie et d'Aboukir, est centrée sur les mystères d'Osiris, culte pratiqué dans l'Egypte antique dans les villes de Canope et de Thônis-Héracléion, aujourd'hui englouties dans la rade d'Aboukir.
Il y expose les objets découverts par son équipe d'archéologues sous-marins au coté d'objets du musée gréco-romain ou du musée maritime d'Alexandrie et du musée égyptien du Caire.
Cette exposition fait suite à l'exposition sur le même thème qui s'est tenue au Grand Palais fin 2006-début 2007 mais qui traitait également des recherches de l'équipe de Franck Goddio sur les palais engloutis dans la rade d'Alexandrie.
Les résultats des fouilles dirigées par Franck Goddio sont particulièrement remarquables et font de cette exposition une des plus attractives de cette fin d'année 2015 à Paris.
Photos de la rencontre de l'auteur avec Franck Goddio en 2003 sur le site de fouilles sous-marines en rade d'Aboukir, au moment de la présentation à la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie de l'exposition sur l'archéologie sous-marine organisée par les ministères français de la culture et des affaires étrangères en collaboration avec la Fondation Maison des sciences de l'Homme (Jean-Luc Lory).
Statue colossale d'Hâpy
granite rose
IVe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 281
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Figurine de femme enceinte
calcaire
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 383
Figurine
calcaire
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1590
Lampe à huile
céramique
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1602
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Dépôt de fondation du temple de Khonsou
Naos en bois ; amulettes en faïence : Harpocrate, double vase-hes, œil oudjat, uræus ;
faïence et bois
XXXe dynastie
Héracléion
Musée maritime et musée national d'Alexandrie,
SCA 583, 562, 559, 553, 552, 555
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
Vase à reliefs
céramique
fin époque ptolémaïque
Port oriental d'Alexandrie
Musée maritime d'Alexandrie, SCA 1608
Pyxis skyphoïde
céramique
milieu IVe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée maritime d'Alexandrie, SCA 590
Lécythe aryballisque décorée d'une panthère
céramique
fin Ve - début IVe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 247
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Statuette de Khonsou
Bronze
Basse époque - VIIe-IVe siècles BC
Héracléion
Musée maritime d'Alexandrie, SCA 387
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Lampe à huile et son manche
bronze
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée maritime d'Alexandrie
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
The sunken ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion is being uncovered during a 13 year excavation in the Mediterranean Sea. The artifacts found lead researchers to believe this city was a major trading post and religious center for the ancient population.
Stèle de Thônis-Héracléion
granodiorite noire
380 BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 277
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Monnaies
or
Ptolémée Ier
Héracléion
Musée gréco-romain d'Alexandrie, SCA 304, 307, 313, 318, 312
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Plaque - Cartouches d'Amasis et nom de Khonsou-Thot
bronze
XXVIe dynastie
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1310
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Dépôt de fondation du temple de Khonsou
Naos en bois ; amulettes en faïence : Harpocrate, colonne papyriforme, double vase-hes, Chou, œil oudjat, uræus ; plaque en faïence
faïence et bois
XXXe dynastie
Héracléion
Musée maritime et musée national d'Alexandrie,
SCA 583, 562, 565, 559, 553, 558, 552, 555, 560
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
Boucles d'oreille à tête d'animal fabuleux
or
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 288, 298
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Figure de proue de barque (?)
bronze
IVe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1592
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
The only known example of what scientists believe to be Cleopatra's own handwriting on an original papyrus document.
Translated: "Make it happen!"
Reine vêtue en Isis, Cléopâtre III (?)
granite noir
IIe siècle BC
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 283
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Bronze de forme pyramidale, Amasis
bronze
XXVIe dynastie
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1575
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
Bol
bronze
Ve-IVe siècles BC
Héracléion
Musée maritime d'Alexandrie, SCA 1228
Boîte
bronze
époque ptolémaïque
Héracléion
Musée national d'Alexandrie, SCA 1605
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
The sunken ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion is being uncovered during a 13 year excavation in the Mediterranean Sea. The artifacts found lead researchers to believe this city was a major trading post and religious center for the ancient population.
Studio 26, assignment on Second Chances -- a revisit of the collage assignment.
A few of the antiquities in the traveling exhibition, “Osiris: Egypt’s Sunken Mysteries,” now at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which includes discoveries from underwater excavations of the ancient sunken cities, Thonis-Heracleion & Canopus, off the coast of Egypt., Depicted is the legend of Osiris, the pharaoh who was killed & cut into pieces by his jealous brother, Seth. Osiris’s grief-stricken sister-wife, Isis, reassembled the pieces of his body, inventing the rites of mummification. The Osiris vegetans figure here is called a “corn mummy,” formed from earth & seeds, with a face modeled of wax. The coffin, made of sycamore, which symbolizes rebirth, is topped by a gilded falcon’s head wearing a blue wig, colors associated with the gods. The efforts of Isis led to Osiris’s resurrection & the conception of their son, Horus, who had the head of a falcon. Horus was raised in secrecy, hidden from Seth. One of his protectors was the goddess Tawaret, depicted here in the form of a hippo standing on hind legs. As an adult, Horus fought & defeated Seth, though he lost an eye in the battle. He then took his place as pharaoh. Osiris became god of the dead, with associations of rebirth & fertility, including the cycle of vegetation & flooding of the Nile. His legend was perpetuated in an annual celebration, culminating in a water procession along the canals between the cities.
The excavations were carried out by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, directed by Franck Goddio.
edition.cnn.com/travel/article/sunken-cities-exhibition-e...
The secrets of a lost Egyptian city were underwater
Thomas Page, for CNN • Published 5th May 2016
The ancient Egyptian cities of Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion sat on the seabed of the Abukir Bay for over a thousand years before pioneering archeologist Franck Goddio began excavating in 199. Now his finds are part of an upcoming exhibition at the British Museum in London: Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds.
Christoph Gerigk © Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation
(CNN) — Until 1996, two of Egypt's greatest cities were missing. Then along came French archeologist Franck Goddio, who made an extraordinary discovery underwater.
For 1,000 years, Thonis-Heracleion was completely submerged. Fish made their homes among the rubble of mighty temples; hieroglyphs gathered algae. Gods and kings sat in stasis, powerless, their statues slowly withdrawing from the world, one inch of sand at a time. Goddio spent years surveying this find, as well as neighboring Canopus, which was rediscovered by a British RAF pilot in 1933 who noticed ruins leading into the waters.
Thanks to a new exhibition at the British Museum, Goddio's incredible finds will soon be open to the public.
Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds opens May 19, and according to museum curator, Aurelia Masson-Berghoff, the exhibition pulls back the curtain on what was once one of archeology's greatest mysteries.
"(Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus) were known from Greek mythology, Greek historians and Egyptian decrees, and now we know where they were."
Objects discovered in the Mediterranean Sea are helping archaeologists uncover the history of two Egyptian lost cities.
Likely founded in the 7th century BC, Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus acted as major trade hubs between ancient Egypt, Greece and the wider Mediterranean, located as they were at a handy intersection. But circumstances ultimately conspired against them, explains Masson-Berghoff.
"Several natural phenomenon caused these cities to sink by a maximum of (32 feet) below the sea," she says, noting that a naturally rising sea level, subsidence and earthquakes (which ultimately triggered tidal waves) all played a hand.
Revealing excavations in the north of Egypt show how Greeks and Egyptians lived together thousands of years ago.
Gods of yester-millennium
Masson-Berghoff explains they also learned a lot from the form taken by the religious statues dug up from their watery grave. The statues were mainly of Ptolemaic gods with human features that represented the same qualities Egyptians prescribed to animals
"The Greeks were not exactly into animal-shaped gods nor into animal worship," she explains. "The Ptolemies, the Greco-Macedonian rulers of Egypt after Alexander the Great, created a human-shaped version of a very old Egyptian god, the sacred bull Osiris-Apis. In its 'Greek' form, he became Serapis, combining the aspects and functions of major Greek gods."
CNN gets a special tour of the "Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds" exhibition at the British Museum in London.
One of the statues was that of a colossal head representing the god Serapis, a Greek human-shaped version of the Egyptian god Osiris-Apis.
"We will show in 'Sunken Cities' a variety of sculptures depicting these Greco-Macedonian rulers as Egyptian Pharaohs, wearing Egyptian crowns and acting as if they were Egyptian Pharaohs," the curator says.
It was not vanity that prompted their change in style, but shrewd political maneuvering. "The Ptolemies really understood that they needed the support of the local priesthood and population, to legitimize their rule," Masson-Berghoff argues. "To achieve this, they adopted Egyptian beliefs, rituals and iconography."
The largest item on display is a statue of Hapy, ironically the god of flooding. Over 16-feet tall and weighing 12,000 pounds, the pink granite sculpture dates from the fourth century BC, long before Thonis-Heracleion disappeared into the sea.
Also worth noting is what Goddio's team left on the seabed. The archeologist discovered 69 ships: "the largest assemblage of boats ever discovered," Masson-Berghoff claims -- one of them likely used on a Grand Canal which linked Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, upon which a sacred barge made of sycamore would travel during the Mysteries of Osiris, a celebration of the god of the underworld.
All of this, however, is just a drop in the bucket.
"What you need to know is that Franck excavated less than 5% of this site," the curator stresses. "They left a lot of material on the seabed."
The BP exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds runs at the British Museum, London from May 19 to November 27.
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.
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Musée maritime d'Alexandrie
Osiris, mystères engloutis d’Égypte
Exposition à l'Institut du Monde Arabe
8 octobre 2015
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'Osiris, Sunken Mysteries of Egypt', a landmark exhibition of over 250 antiquities, will open after the holiday season, from 8 September until 31 January.
On display will be a selection of objects drawn largely from the last seven years of the underwater excavations in the ancient cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus in Aboukir Bay, directed by Franck Goddio. They will be supplemented by 40 objects from museums in Cairo and Alexandria, some of which have never been seen outside Egypt. Together, these highly significant artefacts illustrate the “legend of Osiris”, one of the great founding myths of ancient Egypt, a myth that was remembered, perpetuated and renewed in the annual celebration of the “Mysteries of Osiris”, one of the great religious ceremonies of ancient Egypt.
The Awakening of Osiris, Egyptian Museum Cairo [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
“Osiris, Sunken Mysteries of Egypt” will be hosted by the Institut du monde arabe and its President Jack Lang. The Institute is a beacon for the diversity and influence of Arab culture and will present the exhibition in a spectacular display space covering nearly 1,100 square metres.
Bronze statuette of a pharaoh [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
This exhibition will reveal some of the latest underwater discoveries of Franck Goddio and his team, the remains of the ceremony of the “Mysteries of Osiris” found in the cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus.
Ceramic depicting the god Bes raising a dagger [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
Osiris, son of Earth and Heaven, was killed by his brother Seth, who cut his body into 14 pieces and then threw him into the Nile. Isis, Osiris' sister-wife, magically restored his body, brought him back to life and conceived their son Horus. Osiris became the Master of the Afterlife and Horus, after defeating Seth, received Egypt as his inheritance.
The goddess Thoueris, Egyptian Museum Cairo [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
The Decree of Canopus–a stele of 238 BC discovered in 1881 at Kom el-Hisn–tells us that ceremonies celebrating the “Mysteries of Osiris” were performed in the Great Temple of Amun-Gereb in Thonis- Heracleion, just as they were in most of the cities of Egypt. According to the text on the stela, these mysteries culminated in a long water procession, transporting Osiris along canals from the temple of Amun-Gereb in Thonis-Heracleion to his shrine in the city of Canopus.
Granite head of a priest, Ptolemaic period [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
Under Franck Goddio's leadership, the Institut Europeen d'Archeologie Sous-Marine (European Institute of Underwater Archaeology) discovered the two cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus in Aboukir Bay, a few [38 kilometers] miles north-east of Alexandria. There they found the remains of temples mentioned in the Decree that have been submerged since the 8th century AD. Excavations at these sites brought to evidence directly related to the “Mysteries of Osiris”: monuments, statues, ritual instruments, cult offerings etc., testimonies of the celebrations that were performed there. During the 21 days of this celebration the founding legend of Egypt was commemorated, perpetuated and revived.
The god of the Nile flood [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
At the Arab World Institute the celebrations and rituals that were carried out in the utmost secrecy of the temples will be revealed to visitors. They will be guided through the 1,100 square meters to the submerged sites of the two cities and can follow the water processions along the canals.
The ruins of ancient Canopus [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
Franck Goddio (www.franckgoddio.org) is the founder and president of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology (www.ieasm.org) and head of the Far East Foundation for Nautical Archaeology (FEFNA). He is also a co-founder of the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) at the University of Oxford.
The base of a column [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
In 1996, Franck Goddio, in close collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry for Antiquities, launched an extensive geophysical project to survey and map the submerged area of the ancient Canopic region in Aboukir Bay, 30 kilometres north-east of Alexandria. The results revealed the topography of the area, the bed of the ancient western branch of the Nile, and led to the discovery in 1997 of the city of Thonis-Heracleion with its port and temples, and in 2000 of the city of Canopus. Excavations in both cities continue to this day under Franck Goddio's direction.
Naos from the temple of Amon Gereb [Credit: Christoph Gerigk]
Franck Goddio has led survey and underwater excavation in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria since 1992, constructing a detailed map of the eastern port of the city and its surroundings. Current excavations in the Grand Harbour are identifying and researching the infrastructure of the various ports in the harbour as well as the submerged Ptolemaic and Roman temples and buildings.Author: Caroline Vaisson | Source: Claudine Colin Communications [August 02, 2015]
Egypt's Lost Cities Exhibition, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, and the burial place of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall.