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Egypt has opened an exhibition in Alexandria displaying rare antiquities recovered from the Mediterranean Sea, including statues, pottery, and jewelry from ancient civilizations that once thrived along its coast.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that the exhibition, titled "Secrets of the Sunken City," marks the first temporary display in Egypt dedicated exclusively to underwater discoveries. It will run for six months at the Alexandria National Museum.
Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy and Alexandria Governor Ahmed Khaled inaugurated the exhibition alongside local and international media representatives. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, underlined that this dedicated showcase is a milestone in presenting Egypt’s submerged heritage.
The exhibition features 86 artifacts retrieved from several submerged sites in Alexandria’s coastal waters. Among the highlights are discoveries from Abu Qir Bay in northern Egypt, where the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology has been carrying out excavations since 2000.
In addition, the display includes artifacts from the “Royal Quarters,” once the political and cultural heart of ancient Alexandria, now lying beneath the eastern harbor of the city. These items illustrate daily life and religious practices in Mediterranean port cities that were later lost to the sea.
According to local reports, Egypt plans to continue recovering new pieces. Authorities are set to bring additional submerged artifacts to the surface from Abu Qir Port in the coming days, further expanding the collection of underwater finds available to the public.
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