Ma ka lā 17 o Kekemapa, ua hōʻike hou ke Kuhina Moʻomeheu o ʻAigupita, ʻo Farouk Hosni, a me ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka ʻAha Kiekie o nā Antiquities (SCA), ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, i kahi mea nui i ʻike ʻia ma ke kahakai ʻo Mediterranean.
ʻO ka mea waiwai nui ke kikowaena o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Underwater e hiki mai ana e kūkulu ʻia ma ka wahi Stanley o Alexandria. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike e hōʻike ma luna o 200 mau mea i ʻeli ʻia mai ke Kaiwaenahonua i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka Media e hele ana i kahi kūkā nūhou honua ma Qait Bey Citadel ma ke awa hikina ma Alexandria - ke kūlanakauhale kaulana o ʻAigupita ma Med e hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻike mua o ka relic. E wehe ʻo Hosni lāua ʻo Hawass i kahi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa mai ke kai o Mediterranean. ʻO kēia ʻāpana i ʻōlelo ʻia he hale kiaʻi pōhaku pōhaku o ka luakini ʻo Isis i loaʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Mausoleum ʻo Cleopatra ma waho o ka ʻāpana aliʻi ma ke awa hikina.
ʻO ka mea waiwai nui ke kikowaena o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Underwater e hiki mai ana e kūkulu ʻia ma ka wahi Stanley o Alexandria. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike e hōʻike ma luna o 200 mau mea i ʻeli ʻia mai ke Kaiwaenahonua i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua kākoʻo lōʻihi ka SCA i kahi misionari mai ka European Institute for Underwater Archaeology, nāna i hoʻokō i ka noiʻi kūpono e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale hōʻikeʻike mua o lalo o ka wai no nā mea kahiko o ʻAigupita ma ke kahakai Mediterranean o Alexandria.
Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo SCA ua hana ʻia ke aʻo ʻana ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana e UNESCO, nāna i koho i kahi hoʻolālā i manaʻo ʻia e ka mea kākau Farani ʻo Jacques Rougerie no ka hale hōʻikeʻike i hoʻolālā ʻia.
I loko o nā makahiki, ua ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi nui, nā moku i hāʻule, nā ʻāpana gula a me nā mea nani ma Alexandria. Ma waena o nā waiwai i ʻike ʻia e kekahi kanaka kālaihonua moana Farani ʻo Frank Goddio i loko o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Heracleion i loko o ke kahakai ʻo ʻAigupita. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Goddio i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ponoʻī i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala. Manaʻo ka mea kālaihonua ʻo Heracleion, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he awa kī ma ka nuku o ka Nile i ka wā kahiko, ua luku ʻia e kahi ōlaʻi a i ʻole kekahi hanana pōʻino hikiwawe. Ua palapala a palapala ʻia ka Palani i nā mea kahiko i ʻike ʻia e kāna hui o nā mea luʻu ma ke kahua ʻehā mau mile mai nā kapakai o Aboukir Bay me ke kōkua o ka ʻenehana loea.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Underwater e huki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Anthony a me Cleopatra, i hoʻokahi hana piha.
