A workman puts a protective blanket over an Egyptian statue of an unnamed king from the Ptolemy era made of pink granite, measuring 5 meters and weighing 5.5 tons, which is prepared outside the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) in Paris, France, August 21, 2015 (Reuters)
An exhibition called "Osiris, Egypt's Sunken Mysteries" opens to the public September 8, 2015 and runs until January 31, 2016
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