Alexandria
Subtitle: The Sunken City
Contributors: Stephane Compoint (Photographer)
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Ltd.; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780297821809
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Ancient World; Ancient - Egypt; Monuments; Archaeology; Alexandria; Alexandria (Egypt); Antiquities; Egypt; History; Underwater archaeology
Description: Recounts the day by day story of the series of excavations in 1994 of the lighthouse of the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria, which collapsed into the Mediterranean in 1477. Led by Jean-Yves Emprereur, head of the National Centre for Scientific Research, the excavations uncovered architectural blocks, columns, capitals, giant statues, a dozen sphinx, and other artefacts.