The forgotten temple
2018
Directed by Raymond Collet
Collection The Skills of Archaeology
The Royal Museum of Mariemont in Belgium holds an exhibit that visitors find particularly intriguing: a fragment of a colossal female statue. The director of the museum, Marie-Cécile Bruwier, has decided to launch a full-scale investigation into the mystery surrounding this piece. Where does it come from? Can it be dated? How did it get to Mariemont, and who does it represent? The research will take her to Alexandria in Egypt and will involve dozens of specialists. But will the enigmatic young women of the statue give up all her secrets?