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-West Delta: 8th century BC to 8th century AD (Berlin 2006) [Hardback]

This monograph contains 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.

Introduction (Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson)

Alexandria and the North-Western Delta
1. Geophysical Survey in the Submerged Canopic Region (Franck Goddio
2. Naukratis, Heracleion-Thonis and Alexandria: Remarks on the Presence and Trade Activities of Greeks in the North-West Delta from the Seventh Century BC to the End of the Fourth Century BC (Stefan Pfeiffer)
3. Heracleion, Herakles and Naukratis (Ursula Höckmann)
4. Early Human Activity (pre-332 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt: New Findings in Sediment Cores from the Eastern Harbour (Jean-Daniel Stanley and Elizabeth A. Landau)
5. The development and Operation of the Portus Magnus in Alexandria: An Overview (David Fabre and Franck Goddio)
6. Discovering Alexandria: Archaeological Update on the Finds from Kom el-Dikka (Grzegorz Majcherek)
7. L’édifice théâtral de Kôm el-Dikka: Quelques mythes et plusieurs questions (Zsolt Kiss
8. Trade and the Flag: Alexandria, Egypt and the Imperial House (Alan K. Bowman
9. Settlement Connections in the Canopic Region (Penelope Wilson)
10. Destructive Earthquakes in Alexandria and Aboukir Bay (Amos Nur

Studies in the material culture of the North-Western Delta and submerged settlements in Aboukir Bay
11. Fatal Evidence? (Günter Grimm
12. Occupation and Trade at Heracleion-Thonis: The Evidence from the Pottery (Catherine Grataloup
13. The Naos of the Decades: The Discovery of New Fragments and Their Contribution to the Interpretation of the Monument (Anne-Sophie von Bomhard)
14. The Naos of the Decades and its Place in Egyptian Astrology (J.F. Quack)
15. Das dem Naos der Dekane zugrundeliegende kalendarische System (Christian Leitz)
16. Statues of Ptolemaic Queens from Alexandria, Canopus and Heracleion-Thonis (Sabine Albersmeier)
17. Hydreios Statues from the IEASM Excavations in Aboukir Bay (Emma Susan Libonati)
18. Le Dieu Nil Hellénistique: A propos d’une sculpture de Canope (Zsolt Kiss)
19. Living with Metals in Hellenistic Egypt: New Finds from Heracleion-Thonis (Zöe Robinson)
20. The Early Byzantine Jewellery from Aboukir Bay and its Significance (Yvonne Stolz)
21. Egypt as Metaphor: Decoration and Eschatology in the Monumental Tombs of Ancient (Alexandria Marjorie Susan Venit)
22. Terenuthis and Elsewhere: The Archaeology of Eating, Drinking and Dying in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (Katja Lembke)
23. Landscapes of Cameo Glass (Susan Walker

"Alexandria and the North-Western Delta, offers a taste of the diverse maritime and terrestrial fieldwork conducted in and around this ancient city. From port development and ancient cults to trade and geography, the wealth of topics is engaging.'"
Veronica Moriss, Texas A&M University
Nautical Research Journal 56:4 (December 2011)

"The book is well written and nicely illustrated with both colour plates and detailed illustrations, and is easy to follow. The editors are to be complimented on the presentation of the material in a clear, well-ordered fashion with no glaring omissions or mistakes.[...]...this volume succeeds in presenting an image of the Northwestern Delta as a melting pot of cultures and peoples that was both vibrant and active and should prove to be a useful work for both students and researchers.'"
R. Scott Moore, Indiana University of PA
International Journal of Maritime History (December 2011)