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14/12/2012 GMT

Discovering Cleopatra's Palace

BBC World Service - Witness History, Discovering Cleopatra's Palace

Twenty years ago underwater excavations began which unearthed a 2000 year old palace.

Twenty years ago a former economist began underwater excavations which unearthed a 2000 year old palace belonging to Cleopatra.

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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