Search for antiquities to go underwater

Prompted by the discovery of part of Cleopatra's palace in Alexandria's East Harbour, the Standing Committee of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector has agreed to send several excavation teams to search for and record sunken artifacts and cities along Egypt's coastlines.

Sabri Abdul Aziz, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector and committee chairman said the Standing Committee has agreed that a team from the Maritime Antiquities Institute, affiliated to the American Research Center survey the waters of Qusseir on the Red Sea to identify items from a sunken vessel and determine their age.