- Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Giza
- Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria
- Alexandria National Museum
- Antiquities Museum of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Museo Naval, Madrid
- Musée National de la Marine, Port Louis
- Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris
- Museum of the Filipino People, Manila
Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Two colossal statues of a Ptolemaic queen and king, both about 5 metres high, and several more objects discovered by the IEASM during excavations in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion are now on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on the Giza Plateau near Cairo and enriching the museum’s collection of Egypt’s Late Period.
The colossal statues were among the first spectacular discoveries made in the ancient sunken city and the team recovered them, broken into several fragments, in close vicinity to the great Amun temple. After years of meticulous excavation, restoration and study processes the statues embarked on a journey around the world. As part of the Egypt’s Sunken Treasures/Cities exhibition tours they were presented to a broad public in Europe, the USA and Japan and fascinated millions of visitors. With the new GEM, which houses the world’s largest collection of Egyptian antiquities, they have now found their permanent home in the museum’s Grand Hall.