PHARAONIC statues and sphinxes as well as Byzantine coins have been found in the undersea remains of ancient cities off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, antiquities officials said Saturday. The artefacts were found in the underwater vestiges of Herakleum and Menouthis, off the coast of the town of Canopus, which lies just east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta, officials at Egypt’s Superior Council of Antiquities said. A team of divers led by French undersea explorer Frank Goddio discovered the treasures during two years of exploration and excavation. The finds reportedly included statues, sphinxes and columns from ancient Egypt, some dating to the 26th dynasty — around the seventh century before Christ — and the 30th dynasty, the fourth century B.C. Coins from the Byzantine and Islamic eras were also found.