Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, left for the state of California to open an archaeological exhibition titled "Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds" at its third stop in the United States, in the hall of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, running from October 5 this month until April 2020.
The exhibition includes 293 artifacts that were recovered from the cities of Heracleion and Canopus, the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria and Abu Qir Bay. Among the most important pieces on display are colossal statues of the deities Isis and Serapis and statues of sphinxes, in addition to some jewelry and household items.
The exhibition's journey began in 2015, when it was displayed at the Arab World Institute in France under the title "Osiris: Egypt's Sunken Mysteries", then moved to the British Museum in England, ending its European tour in Zurich, Switzerland. It then began its US tour in St. Louis, Missouri, then moved to Minneapolis, and is now at its third stop in the state of California.
