Egypt

In the field: More re the Alexandrian monolith

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/978/eg8.htm
(Nevine El-Aref)

Alexandria last week, Nevine El-Aref watched the dramatic recovery.

Alexandria's Eastern Harbour last week as a team working offshore made preparations to ready the dock for the unloading of a giant piece of history. An enormous yellow crane stood ready to lift a pylon, or ceremonial entrance tower, belonging to the Ptolemaic temple of Isis Lochias which has been under the sea for 14 centuries.

Alexandria

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