Egyptian Underwater Museum?

Cleopatra's sunken city:

Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday lifted an ancient granite temple pylon out of the waters of the Mediterranean, where it had lain for centuries as part of the palace complex of Cleopatra, submerged in Alexandria's harbor.

The pylon, which once stood at the entrance to a temple of Isis, is to be the centerpiece of an ambitious underwater museum planned by Egypt to showcase the sunken city, which is believed to have been toppled into the sea by earthquakes in the 4th century.

Isis was the goddess of fertility and magic. There are also dozens of sphinxes still on the harbor floor.

Egypt and UNESCO are still studying the feasibility of building such an underwater museum. No one knows where the money would come from, but there is hope construction could start as early as late 2010.

The UN. Well. Perhaps pray to Isis. Maybe Hillary's pledge will be diverted there. Magical thinking everywhere.