Transferring Ramses II statue from Mit Rahina, where it was originally found in 1882, to the Ramses square was a mistake," Dr Zahi Hawass the Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said at a press conference Monday.

Hawass said Egyptian engineers will transfer the statue to the new Egyptian Museum on August 25 and the event will be aired live by the Egyptian TV.

Hawass also said that the SCA would also transfer the obelisk currently standing in El-Gezira area in Giza to the Grand Museum of Egypt...

Hawass: Transfer of Ramses II statue from original place mistake, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, August 08, 2006.

About 1,300 years ago several major natural disasters sent parts of three Egyptian cities under the sea off the coast of the modern-day port city of Alexandria.

Today a display of more than 500 artefacts recovered from the depths is drawing crowds to the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin, Germany — the first public exhibition of the once watery relics.

Take a virtual tour of the exhibit, which spans nearly 1,500 years of Egyptian history, and see footage of the underwater excavation in action.

Video: Egypt's Sunken Treasures Showcased at Berlin Museum, Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic News, District of Columbia, USA, August 07, 2006.