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, currently being installed with, from left to right, a Ptolemaic royal couple (represented by a queen Isis not yet straightened and a king cobra with the forehead) and the god Hapy who personifies the Nile flood (IVth century BC.) with a tray offerings. (Photo by Hubert Fanthomme/Paris Match via Getty Images)