Cleopatra: the Exhibit October 5, 2012

This dramatically staged 13,000-square-foot exhibit features the largest collection of Cleopatra-era artifacts from Egypt ever assembled in the U.S. Come discover almost 150 priceless Egyptian artifacts that had been swallowed by the sand and sea after a series of earthquakes and tsunamis nearly 2,000 years ago. Unearthed by two of the world's leading archaeologists Franck Goddio and Zahi Hawass, the exhibition features colossal statues, jewelry, coins, and handwritten notes from Cleopatra's lost palace in Alexandria, and reveals the excavation process involved in recovering these hidden treasures.