page_title: Alberto Gianni
section_title: The gold of the Egypt
hierarchical_section_title: Alberto Gianni / The gold of the Egypt
caption_attribution_description: English: The "torretta butoscopica" (exploration turret), designed, built, assembled and tested by the Italian diver Alberto Gianni (right). Scanned from the book Viaggi nel mondo sommerso (Travel in the underwater world) by Ulderico Tegani, Mondadori, 1931.
context_page_description: Alberto Gianni was an Italian underwater diver and inventor.
context_section_description: The recovery of the Egypt's treasure was then carried out by the SO.RI.MA. company outfitting a new ship, called the Nuovo Artiglio, for the occasion.  The operation achieved a resounding success at the international level since it was the first step in the world of deep-water recovery, something considered impossible at the time, carried out by Italian divers and which became possible thanks to the organization left by Gianni and the use of his inventions, especially the "torretta butoscopica".  Congratulations were sent from all over the world, including from George V (King of the United Kingdom), Benito Mussolini, and then-communications minister Costanzo Ciano.
caption: The "torretta butoscopica"
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