The myth of Osiris revealed his “Egypt’s Sunken mysteries” – Le Point

Franck Goddio is an adventurer. Since 1990, this explorer of the deep water travels Aboukir Bay, on the Egyptian coast, and attempts to identify a major challenge: to map with ever greater precision the ancient region of Canopus, submerged since the eighth century. The French archeologist has unearthed the port and the temple town of Thonis-Heracleion, located 30 kilometers northeast of Alexandria. Despite the importance of these findings, the diver perspective: “What we found is only 2-3% of which are still under water. “

President of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) Goddio knows the value of each of the 293 objects presented in the exhibition” Osiris, Egypt’s Sunken mysteries “which it is also the Commissioner. Especially since it seems difficult, if not impossible for him to ignore at the same time, the other side of the Mediterranean, whole cities and their remains are eradicated millennia of humanity, victims of Pandemic obscurantism. Franck Goddio becomes aware of the message sent by these works, memories of ancient Egypt. “Preserving heritage is essential. Those who destroy the kidnap their children the opportunity to understand their present and predict the future. “

By Osiris!

Among the antiques on display at the Institute of the Arab world until January 31, 2016, 250 are directly from the findings of his team, and 43 were first loaned by museums of Cairo and Alexandria. “From the first excavations, the god Osiris is required. In many places, we find his effigy, cult objects, “says the passionate. The god of gods is at the heart of this exhibition. His myth and mysteries are explained through statuettes, jars, medallions his sister and wife Isis, or their son, begotten after the death of Osiris. Horus

It took sort among the 15,000 pieces revealed by the excavations to dial the course of the exhibition. Meticulous work, directed by Martine museographer Thomas-Bourgneuf. “We managed to meet for the first time exceptional objects,” says enthusiastically égyptophile. For her, the myth of Osiris is primarily a symbol of hope. That of seeing the good triumph over evil. However, in the current context of an Arab world in full sinking exposure exceeds its primary role to present cultural or artistic works, and certainly has a political meaning: that the fight against those who indirectly erase the past of humanity.