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Alexandria University launched a new project to excavate & preserve underwater artifacts in a bid to revive tourism & protect Egypt's underwater heritage

The tongue, found at a temple on the outskirts of Alexandria, Egypt, was probably meant to help the deceased speak in the afterlife, experts said

Centuries of contact & exchange left their mark on both Greek & Egyptian culture, culminating in Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt

The Ptolemies were not native Egyptians, but Greek by descent

The turning point for the community arrived with the 1952 revolution that resulted in the nationalist and socialist regime led by Gamal Abdel Nasser

The sarcophagus was discovered in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in early July

He referred to the visit as “a pilgrimage on behalf of the Greek people” to a vibrant community of the diaspora

A statement said that the programme underlines the very close relations among the three countries

Representatives of various Christian denominations were in attendance at the event

Accident happened in Egypt