Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography.

Since the early 1990s Franck Goddio and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the Hilti Foundation, have explored the submerged remains of the ancient sunken cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus off the coast of Egypt and the Portus Magnus of Alexandria and its sunken royal quarter.

Photographer Christoph Gerigk has been collaborating with the IEASM for more than 25 years. In this episode, he talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. Christoph has been honored twice at the World Press Photo Contest.

This lecture was recorded as part of the 2021 online seminar series "Alexandria and the Sea" held by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. 3.

For more information about the work of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM):

https://www.ieasm.org/

https://www.franckgoddio.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@Franck_Goddio

For more information about the OCMA: https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/

For more information about the Hilti Foundation: https://www.hiltifoundation.org/