Pylon from Palace Complex of Cleopatra Lifted From Mediterranean
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DECEMBER 17, 2009
David Johnson, HappyNews Columnist

A pylon, which once stood at the entrance to a temple of Isis as part of the palace complex of Cleopatra, was lifted out of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, December 17, where it had lain for centuries, submerged in Alexandria's harbor.
It is to be the centerpiece of an ambitious underwater museum planned by Egypt to showcase the sunken city, which is believed to have been toppled into the sea by earthquakes in the 4th century. The temple is at least 2,050 years old, but likely much older.
Archaeologists have been exploring the ruins since 1994. This area is one of the richest underwater excavations in the Mediterranean, with some 6,000 artifacts. In 2002 authorities banned further removal of major artifacts from the sea for fear it would damage them. The pylon is the first major artifact extracted from the harbor since then.
Egyptian authorities hope that eventually this pylon will become a part of the underwater museum which will attempt to draw tourists to the country's northern coast, often overshadowed by the grand pharaonic temples of Luxor in the south, the Giza pyramids outside Cairo and the beaches of the Red Sea. Developers hope that the allure of Alexandria, founded in 331 B.C. by Alexander the Great, can also be a draw.
Still in its planning stages, the museum would allow visitors to walk through underwater tunnels for close-up views of sunken artifacts, and it may even include a submarine on rails.
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