Professor Damian Robinson, Director of the OCMA, presents a small Roman boat from Alexandria. The small boat around 6 meters long was discovered, well preserved in the sediments, by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) in the eastern harbor of Alexandria, the ancient Portus Magnus.

Maritime archaeologist Franck Goddio was at the Hilti headquarters in Schaan for his annual visit and unveiled his team’s latest discoveries from their 2024 mission. What began with an initial exploratory excavation is now one of the most enduring and successful archaeological projects of our time.

In this episode photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt as part of Franck Goddio’s underwater archaeological excavation team. By presenting some of his most iconic underwater pictures, Christoph vividly explains the challenges of his work, including bad visibility, and his responsibility of being everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

For centuries, the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion lay hidden beneath the waters of the Mediterranean. This once-thriving port city continues to reveal glimpses of its past, not only through grand temples and monumental sculptures, but through the smallest artifacts of daily life that hold the secrets of the people who lived and worked in this forgotten world.