Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine IEASM was founded in 1987 as a French non-profit organization by President Franck Goddio. Its aim is the location, exploration and excavation of sunken sites. IEASM calls upon scientists and specialists of different scientific fields to support its research missions, to study and publish the findings. Furthermore it sets up exhibitions allowing the general public to get access to its discoveries.
The underwater discoveries behind the exhibition “The Greeks in Egypt” are the
product of the team working of the IEASM under Franck Goddio’s leadership. This
dedicated international group includes diverse specialists such as archaeologists,
Egyptologists, divers, numismatists, ceramic specialists, academics and conservators, electronic engineers, technicians, artists, cameramen, and photographers.
In total, some thirty — and sometimes up to fifty — people from France, Egypt, Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Spain, Russia and the Philippines work side by side with the excavation director. Generally, the team gathers twice a year, in spring and autumn, on board the support vessel Princess Duda to search and excavate the sites of Alexandria Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS: CREATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS
Osiris. Egypt’s Sunken Mysteries
• Richmond (VA), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 2020 - Jan 2021 («Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities»)
• Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley (CA) , Oct 2019 - April 2020
(«Egypt’s Lost Cities»)
• Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nov 2018 - April 2019 («Egypt’s Sunken Cities»)
• Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum, March - Sept 2018 («Sunken cities, Egypt’s lost worlds»)
• Zurich, Museum Rietberg, Feb - Aug 2017
• London, British Museum, May - Nov 2016 («Sunken cities, Egypt’s lost worlds»)
• Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe, Sept 2015 - Jan 2016
Cleopatra - The search for the last queen of Egypt
Organized by National Geographic and Arts & Exhibitions International.
• Los Angeles, California Science Center, May 2012 - January 2013
• Milwaukee, Public Museum, Oct 2011 - April 2012
• Cincinnati, Museum Center, February - Sept. 2011
• Philadelphia, Franklin Institute, June 2010 - Jan 2011
Egypt’s Sunken Treasures
• Yokohama, Pacifico, June - September 2009
• Turin, Venaria Reale, February - May 2009
• Madrid, Matadero de Legazpi, April – Dec. 2008
• Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle, April 2007 – January 2008
• Paris, Grand Palais, December 2006 – March 2007
• Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, May – September 2006
Cleopatra of Egypt – from History to Myth
Presentation of head of Caesarion, Alexandria.
• Chicago, Field Museum, Oct. 2001 – March 2002
• London, British Museum, April – August 2001
