Damian Robinson & Andrew Wilson (eds.)
Alexandria and the North-Western Delta - Joint Conference Proceedings of Alexandria City and Harbour (Oxford 2004) and the Trade and Topography of Egypt’s North-Western Delta (Berlin 2006)
Oxford Center for Maritime Archaeology at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 2010. | ISBN 978-1-905905-14-0
Alexandria and the North-Western Delta - Joint Conference Proceedings of Alexandria City and Harbour (Oxford 2004) and the Trade and Topography of Egypt’s North-Western Delta (Berlin 2006)
Oxford Center for Maritime Archaeology at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 2010. | ISBN 978-1-905905-14-0
The monograph presents the joint proceedings of the first two conferences organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. It contains 23 papers that cover land-based and underwater excavation and survey in the area of the North-Western Nile Delta, principally concerning the cities of Alexandria and Heracleion-Thonis, as well as studies of aspects of the material culture from these sites.
CONTENTS
Alexandria and the North-Western Delta
1 - F. Goddio: Geophysical Survey in the Submerged Canopic Region.
2 - S. Pfeifer: Naukratis, Heracleion-Thonis and Alexandria - Remarks on the presence and Trade Activities of Greeks in North-Western Delta from the 7th C. BC to the End of the 4th C. BC.
3 - U. Höckmann: Heracleion, Herakles and Naukratis.
4 - J-D Stanley, E. A. Laundau: Early Human Activity (pre-332 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt: New Findings in Sediment Cores from the Heastern Harbour.
5 - D. Fabre, F. Goddio : The Development and Operation of the Portus Magnus in Alexandria: an Overview.
6 - G. Majcherek: Discovering Alexandria - Archaeological Update on the Finds from Kom el-Dikka.
7 - Z. Kiss: L’édifice théâtral de Kôm el-Dikka - Quelques mythes et plusieurs questions.
8 - A. K. Bowman: Trade and the Flag - Alexandria, Egypt and the Imperial House.
9 - P. Wilson: Settlement Connectins in the Canopic Region.
10 - A. Nur: Destructive Earthquakes in Alexandra and Aboukir Bay ?
Studies in the Material Culture of the North-Western Delta and Submerged Settlements in Aboukir Bay
11 - G. Grimm: Fatal Evidence.
12 - C. Grataloup: Occupation and Trade at Heracleion-Thonis - The Evidence from the Pottery.
13 - A-S. von Bohmhard: The Naos of the Decades - The Discovery of New Fragments and their Contribution to the Imterpretation of the Monument.
14 - J-F. Quack: The Naos of the Decades and its Place in Egyptian Astrology.
15 - C. Leitz: Das dem Naos der Dekane zugrundeliegende kalendarische System.
16 - S. Albersmeier: Statues of Ptolemaic Queens from Alexandria, Canopus and Heracleion-Thonis.
17 - E. S. Libonati: Hydreios Statues from the IEASM Excavations in Aboukir Bay.
18 - Z. Kiss: Le dieu Nil hellénistique - A proos d’une sculpture de Canope.
19 - Z. Robinson: Living with Metals in Hellenistic Egypt - New Finds for Heracleion-Thonis.
20 - Y. Petrina: The Early Byzantine Jewellery from Aboukir Bay and its Significance.
21 - M. S. Venit: Egypt as Metaphor - Decoration and Eschaeology of the Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria.
22 - K. Lembke: Terenuthis ans Elsewhere - The Archaeology of Eating, Drinking and Dying in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.
23 - S. Walker: Landscape of Cameo Glass.
CONTENTS
Alexandria and the North-Western Delta
1 - F. Goddio: Geophysical Survey in the Submerged Canopic Region.
2 - S. Pfeifer: Naukratis, Heracleion-Thonis and Alexandria - Remarks on the presence and Trade Activities of Greeks in North-Western Delta from the 7th C. BC to the End of the 4th C. BC.
3 - U. Höckmann: Heracleion, Herakles and Naukratis.
4 - J-D Stanley, E. A. Laundau: Early Human Activity (pre-332 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt: New Findings in Sediment Cores from the Heastern Harbour.
5 - D. Fabre, F. Goddio : The Development and Operation of the Portus Magnus in Alexandria: an Overview.
6 - G. Majcherek: Discovering Alexandria - Archaeological Update on the Finds from Kom el-Dikka.
7 - Z. Kiss: L’édifice théâtral de Kôm el-Dikka - Quelques mythes et plusieurs questions.
8 - A. K. Bowman: Trade and the Flag - Alexandria, Egypt and the Imperial House.
9 - P. Wilson: Settlement Connectins in the Canopic Region.
10 - A. Nur: Destructive Earthquakes in Alexandra and Aboukir Bay ?
Studies in the Material Culture of the North-Western Delta and Submerged Settlements in Aboukir Bay
11 - G. Grimm: Fatal Evidence.
12 - C. Grataloup: Occupation and Trade at Heracleion-Thonis - The Evidence from the Pottery.
13 - A-S. von Bohmhard: The Naos of the Decades - The Discovery of New Fragments and their Contribution to the Imterpretation of the Monument.
14 - J-F. Quack: The Naos of the Decades and its Place in Egyptian Astrology.
15 - C. Leitz: Das dem Naos der Dekane zugrundeliegende kalendarische System.
16 - S. Albersmeier: Statues of Ptolemaic Queens from Alexandria, Canopus and Heracleion-Thonis.
17 - E. S. Libonati: Hydreios Statues from the IEASM Excavations in Aboukir Bay.
18 - Z. Kiss: Le dieu Nil hellénistique - A proos d’une sculpture de Canope.
19 - Z. Robinson: Living with Metals in Hellenistic Egypt - New Finds for Heracleion-Thonis.
20 - Y. Petrina: The Early Byzantine Jewellery from Aboukir Bay and its Significance.
21 - M. S. Venit: Egypt as Metaphor - Decoration and Eschaeology of the Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria.
22 - K. Lembke: Terenuthis ans Elsewhere - The Archaeology of Eating, Drinking and Dying in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.
23 - S. Walker: Landscape of Cameo Glass.