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The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Seventh Wonder of the World
Author(s): Stéphane Millière
Director(s): Thierry Ragobert, Andrew Snell
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
1996
Length
54 minutes
Producer(s)
Stéphane Millière et Max Soussana, Gédéon Programmes
Co-producer(s)
France 2, BBC, NOVA/WGBH/Boston, Elf Aquitaine, Musée du Louvre
Selections / Awards
16 awards and special mentions at international festivals
In Egypt, the construction of a dike in the bay of the ancient city of Alexandria threatened to bury the underwater remains of the famous lighthouse for ever. In 1995, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities appointed Jean-Yves Empereur—a specialist in the Hellenistic period—to excavate the area, together with Egyptologist Jean-Pierre Corteggiani. The film tells the story of this rescue operation, and highlights the work of the underwater archaeologists, who locate pieces of the lighthouse and recover a statue of Ptolemy II from the sea. The seventh wonder of the world was then "recreated" using computer graphics.
Available for sale on the publisher's website.