Discovering Cleopatra's Palace

Update: 2012-12-14

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Twenty years ago a former economist from France, Franck Goddio, began underwater excavations which unearthed a 2000 year old palace belonging to Cleopatra.

PHOTO: A diver eye-to-eye with a sphinx.
©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation. Photographer:Jérôme Delafosse

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Discovering Cleopatra's Palace