LISTEN | Full interview with maritime archaeolgist Franck Goddio: As It Happens 6:49 Archaeologists unearth possible 'pleasure barge' off coast of Alexandria

Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt traversed the river Nile in luxury on their pleasure barges.

Now, for the first time, archaeologists believe they have unearthed one of those opulent vessels of yore from beneath the sediment off the coast of Alexandria.

“When you find a boat which has never been studied before … and never been found before, it's always very exciting,” University of Oxford marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, told As It Happens host Nil Koksal.

If the boat is, indeed, what it appears to be, it brings to life a piece o

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