▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁ 1 8 th ▁D ynast y ▁King ▁T ut ank ham un ▁brought ▁a ▁greater ▁understanding ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁re lic s ▁and ▁wide ▁acc laim ▁to ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁modern ▁era , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁State ▁for ▁Anti qu ities ▁controls ▁exc av ation ▁perm its ▁for ▁Egypt olog ists ▁to ▁conduct ▁their ▁work . ▁The ▁field ▁can ▁now ▁use ▁ge oph ys ical ▁methods ▁and ▁other ▁applications ▁of ▁modern ▁sens ing ▁techniques . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁ancient ▁gran ite ▁columns ▁and ▁a ▁smaller ▁Greek ▁temple , ▁tre asure - lad en ▁ships , ▁along ▁with ▁bronze ▁co ins ▁from ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁P to le my ▁II , ▁pot tery ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁fourth ▁centuries ▁BC ▁were ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁sun ken ▁city ▁of ▁Her acle ion . ▁The ▁investig ations ▁were ▁conducted ▁by ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁European ▁divers ▁led ▁by ▁under water ▁arch ae ologist ▁Fran ck ▁God d io . ▁They ▁also ▁un cover ed ▁the ▁ru ins ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁main ▁temple ▁off ▁of ▁Egypt ' s ▁north ▁coast . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁discipline ▁ ▁Egypt ology ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁an ▁academic ▁discipline ▁through ▁the ▁research ▁of ▁Em manuel ▁de ▁R oug é ▁in ▁France , ▁Samuel ▁Bir ch ▁in ▁England , ▁and ▁Heinrich ▁Bru g sch ▁in ▁Germany . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁Fl ind ers ▁Pet