Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said that the first survey for sunken treasures at the River Nile will take place within the coming few months.

Hosni said the survey will be conducted in the area between Aswan and Luxor.

“We will use state-of-the-art equipment in searching for artifacts like Pharaonic statues and obelisks that probably fell into the water during the establishment of the temples of Karnak, Luxor and others,” the Minister said.

He said that an Egyptian team of young archeologists will be assigned for the job to enlist their experience in surveys they had conducted under the Red Sea and the Mediterranean to recover Roman or Coptic monuments.