Sunken Cities: Opening Lecture

Sunken Cities: Opening Lecture

Sunken Cities: Opening Lecture

Franck Goddio highlights the thrilling discoveries at the heart of the exhibition Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities. Since 1996, Goddio and his team of archaeologists, Egyptologists, historians, geologists, geophysicists, and computer engineers have been surveying Aboukir Bay. After four years, they located the submerged ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion and parts of the city of Canopus.

1:00:06
Grade Level:
Adult, College, Grades 9-12
Collection:
Ancient Art
Culture/Region:
Egypt
Subject Area:
Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Visual Arts
Activity Type:
Special Exhibition, Talks, Lectures & Additional Audio, Video