NgoDisemba 17, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko wase-Egypt, u-Farouk Hosni, kanye nonobhala-jikelele we-Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), uDkt. Zahi Hawass, baphinde baveza okubalulekile okutholakele ogwini lwase-Egypt eMedithera.
I-artifact eyigugu izoba yisizinda se-Underwater Museum esizayo esizokwakhiwa endaweni yaseStanley e-Alexandria. Umnyuziyamu uhlelelwe ukuthi ubonise izinto ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezimbiwe eMedithera eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
Abezindaba abahambele isithangami sabezindaba samazwe ngamazwe e-Qait Bey Citadel ethekwini elisempumalanga e-Alexandria - idolobha elinomlando waseGibhithe eMed bazonikezwa umbono wokuqala wale nsalela. Bobabili u-Hosni no-Hawass bazokwembula i-artifact eyingqayizivele, eshone phansi evela olwandle lweMedithera. Lesi siqeshana kuthiwa singumbhoshongo we-granite pylon wethempeli le-Isis elitholakala eduze kweCleopatra Mausoleum kude nengxenye yasebukhosini echwebeni elisempumalanga.
I-artifact eyigugu izoba yisizinda se-Underwater Museum esizayo esizokwakhiwa endaweni yaseStanley e-Alexandria. Umnyuziyamu uhlelelwe ukuthi ubonise izinto ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezimbiwe eMedithera eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
I-SCA kade isekela umkhankaso we-European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, eyenza ucwaningo lokungenzeka ekwakhiweni komnyuziyamu wokuqala ongaphansi kwamanzi wezinto zakudala zaseGibhithe ogwini lweMedithera e-Alexandria.
Isikhulu se-SCA sithe lolu cwaningo lwenziwe ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe-UNESCO, ekhethe umklamo ohlongozwe umdwebi wamapulani waseFrance uJacques Rougerie wesakhiwo esihleliwe semnyuziyamu.
Kuyo yonke le minyaka, izithombe eziqoshiwe ezinkulu, imikhumbi ecwile, izinhlamvu zemali zegolide nobucwebe kuye kwatholakala e-Alexandria. Phakathi kwezinto eziyigugu futhi ezembulwa umvubukuli wasolwandle ongumFulentshi uFrank Goddio edolobheni elicwilisiwe laseHeracleion ngasogwini lwaseGibhithe. U-Goddio umemezele ukutholakala kwedolobha ngokwalo ngonyaka odlule. Umvubukuli ukholelwa ukuthi i-Heracleion, ebhalwe njengechweba eliyisihluthulelo emlonyeni weNayile ezikhathini zasendulo, yabhujiswa ukuzamazama komhlaba noma isenzakalo esifanayo, esiyinhlekelele engazelelwe. UmFulentshi ubelokhu ebhala futhi edweba izinto zakudala ezitholwe ithimba lakhe labatshuzi esizeni esingamakhilomitha amane ukusuka ogwini lwase-Aboukir Bay ngosizo lobuchwepheshe be-elekthronikhi obusezingeni eliphezulu.
I-Underwater Museum ihlelelwe ukuheha izivakashi edolobheni lase-Anthony naseCleopatra, lapho isisebenza ngokugcwele.
